Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@machinesbleedtoo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>machinesbleedtoo</span></a></span> not only that, but <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> actively <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sabotaged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sabotaged</span></a> any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/domestic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>domestic</span></a> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>) competitiors with backfiring ideas, like demanding that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppStores</span></a> pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VAT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VAT</span></a> in the buyers' nation without having EU-wide infrastructure to make this even possible.</p><ul><li>Basically making an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiGAFAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiGAFAM</span></a> - legislation only be complyable by the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> unless one wants to blow all revenue for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bureaucracy</span></a> and yeet the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleMarket</span></a>! </li></ul><p>Competitiors like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPit</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppCenter</span></a> got killed by that.<br><a href="https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">appdevelopermagazine.com/impor</span><span class="invisible">tant-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/</span></a></p><p>Whereas in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> there's still some competition, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Huawei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Huawei</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppGallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppGallery</span></a> demanding a 50% cut <em>before taxes</em> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Games</span></a> makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steam</span></a> look like a saint!</p>