• foggy@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    When a huge company pulls out if a country due to its laws affecting their ability to make money, it should tell you that the company in question only has its status due to exploiting something that should be being regulated.

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      11 months ago

      Or that a quant figured out it would be cheaper to cut staff and stop operating in a specific region vs pay extra fees to continue operating in that region.

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        11 months ago

        Well in this case the companies that should be regulated are the Internet companies in SK. 😂 Good counterpoint (not /s)

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      11 months ago

      Well yes… Or that the government has enacted laws to extract rent from international companies.