▲ 165 ▼ French lawmakers add $11.2 billion internet tax based on traffic usage to budget, costs $0.06 per gigabyte of content accessed — law still has to pass Senate approval. (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 week ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] echo@lemmy.today 115 points 1 week ago (3 children) What a fucking stupid idea. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 week ago (2 children) It would only be good if it was a tax that would force websites to be simple like the 90s to reduce all the garbage data a website loads nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (1 child) Suddenly, ad revenue dries up completely as people pursue every avenue to cut their tax bill. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago We can only hope permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 46 points 1 week ago (2 children) It would only be good if it was a tax that would force websites to be simple like the 90s to reduce all the garbage data a website loads nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (1 child) Suddenly, ad revenue dries up completely as people pursue every avenue to cut their tax bill. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago We can only hope permalink fedilink source parent
[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (1 child) Suddenly, ad revenue dries up completely as people pursue every avenue to cut their tax bill. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 point 1 week ago We can only hope permalink fedilink source parent