It will be interesting to see at what point the regulations and taxes imposed by countries like Holland make it no longer worth doing business in their geographies. People have other ways of getting Apple products and there is no reason the servers have to be in the country. It would be interesting to see who would blink first if Apple shut all their stores and told the government to pound sand.

Pray we don't change them further. We are becoming a nation of men, not laws.

The Web is not the Internet.

Calling government taxing and spending "investment" is political gaslighting. The government is taking money from current and future taxpayers by force and using it for whatever will buy the current politicians the most votes. Much of that money will be wasted by government bureaucracy. It's nearly the opposite of an actual investment.

. . . "flexible components to mix and match in order to create real-time editing-based applications." It's called Emacs.

. . . is "Piss off, we'll see you in court." The federal government does not have the constitutional authority to do anything like this. I hope the manufacturers make that very clear.

You're absolutely correct, but I can't help but feel like I'm watching two bullies fight on the playground. As long as it's long and bloody, I'm glad it's happening.

Exactly. I just want to see posts and comments from people I friend in reverse chronological order without any algorithm deciding what I do and do not want to see. Clearly I'm not Facebook's target demographic.

I just want to see posts and comments from people I follow/friend in reverse chronological order without any algorithm deciding what I do and do not want to see. Clearly I'm not Facebook's target demographic.

Monopoly. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

We could have had Scheme in the browser, but we got this pile of crap.

Classical liberals are anti-authoritarian. Many of those calling themselves liberals today are quite happy to use government power to achieve their goals.

Jayapal seems bent out of shape that a successful businessman won't kowtow to her because of her political power. I hope he continues to ignore her.

Facebook can simply pull out of Europe and serve Europeans from offshore data centers. Unless the EU wants to create a new Great Firewall, easily circumvented with a cheap VPN, there's nothing they can do. I'm no fan of Facebook, but I am a fan of giving authoritarians the finger.

. . . 80 is far too long. 72 FTW.