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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dec_hl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dec_hl</span></a></span> I think something like an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/curator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curator</span></a> site that allows <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/filtering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filtering</span></a> / has said filters set by default as a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SafeSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SafeSearch</span></a>"</em> would be propably best...</p><ul><li>The core problem is that since there's no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/affiliate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affiliate</span></a> program woth <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a> nor <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> having killed competitiors to the latter like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> shite, there is no ethical way to monetize it once it exceeds the average <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebHoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebHoster</span></a>'s <em>"unlimited traffic"</em> plans...</li></ul><p>Not to mention it'll get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/downranked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>downranked</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/shadowbanned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shadowbanned</span></a> from both platfirms pretty quickly.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Exactly that is true: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fragmentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fragmentation</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLWnZ4Icro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">kills the EU</a>!</p><ul><li>Instead of levying <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> comitting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a>, the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> decided to basically kill <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domestic</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> with bs. like demanding that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStores</span></a> have to pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GST</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SalesTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SalesTax</span></a> in the customers' nation. </li></ul><p>That's why there's no <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anymore</a>! </p><ul><li>And I do know that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zensursula" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zensursula</span></a> or the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> don't really give a wet fart about that, because they want a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> and would rather choose to die from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> than accept the necessity for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemChangeNotClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SystemChangeNotClimateChange</span></a>! </li></ul><p>Thanks again to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dw_innovation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dw_innovation</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DWnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWnews</span></a> for that video.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Draghi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Draghi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Letta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Letta</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SingleMarket</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Destiny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Destiny</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@debby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>debby</span></a></span> what's even more important is to strenghten <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/alternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatives</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span> and to support those alongside them.</p><ul><li>Also <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> <em>is</em> responsible for killing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppBrain</span></a> as domestic competitiors with bureaucratic bs like <em>"per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/member" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>member</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> payments"</em> under the guise of combatting <em>'tax dodging'</em>...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ocdtrekkie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ocdtrekkie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@catraxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>catraxx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> yeah.</p><p>Same with the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> making VAT mandatory to be paid at the customers' juristiction and not the tax avoidance juristiction of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a>, which basically killed a lot of superior domestic competition like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> which had way more favourable terms for customers AND developers/publishers!<br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2014112502</span><span class="invisible">0445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</span></a></p><p>Sadly there's neither <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ACTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACTA</span></a> nir <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TTIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TTIP</span></a> so the owners couldn't sue the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> for the added costs and loss of profit...<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://postchat.io/@JustinLachance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JustinLachance</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hci.social/@tod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tod</span></a></span> No.</p><p>I'm against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LinkTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkTax</span></a> as it's bad in principle and like a lot of "well-meant" ideas it'll do nothing but harm any <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SmallSites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallSites</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bloggers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bloggers</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Startups</span></a>. </p><p>Just like the idea of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> to force <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/eCommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eCommerce</span></a> - only to pay <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> in the customer's juristiction didn't actually hurt the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> but killed many <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/competitiors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competitiors</span></a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> which had way better terms for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Developers</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Customers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Customers</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2014112502</span><span class="invisible">0445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> Exactly!</p><p>We can see this in bs policies that only strenghtened the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> and destroyed regional and domestic competition.</p><p>For example <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> regulations re: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> taxation basically killed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a> with more favourable terms than <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a>: </p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141125020445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2014112502</span><span class="invisible">0445/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.plus.st/@itzzenxx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itzzenxx</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://floss.social/@fdroidorg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fdroidorg</span></a></span> As shitty as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fdroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fdroid</span></a> seems to be, it's the only useable <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GooglePlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GooglePlay</span></a> alternative in the West standing since the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> killed all competitors to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> in 2014...</p><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150927004422if_/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2015092700</span><span class="invisible">4422if_/http://www.androidpit.de/in-eigener-sache-androidpit-schliesst-sein-app-center</span></a></p>