▲ 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 5 days ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 45 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 5 days ago (2 children) This will just result in more companies blocking France. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] byungyoonc@piefed.ca 7 points 5 days ago Yup, similar thing happened in South Korea with Twitch and Korean ISP's absurd broadband usage fee. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago Maybe, but do you drop the 7th largest economy in the world, and entree into others? Not saying it will work, but as a pushback of the wealthy it's an interesting leverage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] byungyoonc@piefed.ca 7 points 5 days ago Yup, similar thing happened in South Korea with Twitch and Korean ISP's absurd broadband usage fee. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 days ago Maybe, but do you drop the 7th largest economy in the world, and entree into others? Not saying it will work, but as a pushback of the wealthy it's an interesting leverage. permalink fedilink source parent