No, it would be a tax on revenues that amazon, facebook, adobe, xitter, etc extract from Canadians. Digital Services. Subscriptions, software, that kind of thing.
The reality is most people just dont care where a service originates from, as long as its good. You wouldn’t think it based on the internet, but most people arent on the internet to make points about things.
That’s part (the lesser part, but still important) of why I hate when news orgs use an angry dude on twitter as their example of someone who is up in arms about something.
The Internet is not representative of the population. The people posting are self selected. It’s the same reason if you go looking for coffee advice you’ll find a thousand posts with advice about roasting your own beans while most people are drinking Starbucks, Dunkin, Folgers, and Maxwell House.
The great majority of people do not give a shit what the Internet is doing. A lot of people look but only a teeny tiny slice are posting about it.
Roasting your own coffee is trivially easy if you have the right tools. I bought an air roaster in a crowd funding campaign a few years back and it’s just incredibly more convenient, cheaper, and at least as good as buying from a roastery.
Of course, most people aren’t going to want to spend a grand on something to save a few dollars a week, or to tweak a roast to fit their palate slightly better. I know I wouldn’t have.
I mean yeah sure if you buy an automatic system you can do it and everything gets easy. But now it’s not cheap anymore
You have to source the beans which isn’t easy or cheap either, at least in europe. If I would buy this and source the easiest to find coffee I would still pay 14€ per kg most likely a bit more with electricity. I buy pretty expensive coffee at 30/kg and even if I save 15 per kg I would still need 7 years to break even on it. That’s not really cheap. If I would buy normal coffee at 16/kg I would never break even
I was really lucky to get mine in the early crowd funding phase - it was something like a quarter the current retail price. And my preferred green beans (when bought by the sackload, delivered) are about 60% the price of roasted beans at a local roastery. The value worked out well for me where I am, but I can certainly understand that your local prices will differ, and with the current price of the unit it’s a lot more of a painful initial outlay. Still pretty cool for anyone who likes to tinker with their roast profile, of course.
I only use Facebook for my business. Mostly just social posts about things which act as promotion. That said, I’m not seeing the results I saw a few years ago. Far fewer interactions on posts, almost no comments. I’m not sure it’s worth doing these days. We get more client contacts from our webpage than via facebook. We’re doing a ton more business these days than a few years ago, so I know it’s not coming from Facebook.
We have a business instagram account as well, but I use a third party to post to facebook/insta and it commonly has an issue posting to instagram. I have personal facebook and insta accounts but I never use them (expect to log into the business accounts). As a user, I can’t stand either of those platforms.
I don’t subscribe to any streaming service. Haven’t for over 3-4 years.
I do use youtube. I also have a business and a personal youtube account that are monitized so I throw videos up a few times a month.
I only use Amazon for my business and even then orders are rare. I try to order from Canadian vendors when possible.
I actually do hate linux as a desktop. It doesn’t suit my computer needs outside of maybe just browsing the web. I use Windows in my music studio and for video editing and I’m very happy with the software I’m using. I’m also extremely comfortable with it.
When I was in IT I used Linux all the time for servers though and had no complaints there.
I only like original Star Trek. I hated TNG and all the off-shoot shows.
That said, I’m not seeing the results I saw a few years ago. Far fewer interactions on posts, almost no comments.
I know someone who used FB for business. They said engagement was amazing to start with but it was as if FB started hiding their posts to encourage them to pay to promote them.
Love this but i’ll bet Facebook/insta/Amazon/apple/etc are as popular as ever in Canada.
Digital. Services. Tax.
Bring it back. Fuckem.
Fuck who?
Yes
The Rotten Pumpkin admin, of course.
The whole world needs this TBH.
You’re suggesting USA taxes Canada for using digital services?
No, it would be a tax on revenues that amazon, facebook, adobe, xitter, etc extract from Canadians. Digital Services. Subscriptions, software, that kind of thing.
Oh okay, then yeah I’m here for it.
Trump would never bite his handlers like that.
Hence hes already railed against the notion when the EU considered it, with unusual fervor specifically for that.
That’s what happens when companies illegally leverage their monopolies to extinguish any competition.
The reality is most people just dont care where a service originates from, as long as its good. You wouldn’t think it based on the internet, but most people arent on the internet to make points about things.
But they aren’t good.
They mean good as in “functions well” not good as in “is not evil.”
As did the person you replied to.
Try using any of them on mobile without using their dedicated apps.
I’m having second hand embarassement each time I have to use google maps on the browser. They should be ashamed of how badly it works.
But both apply.
I literally just said “a service” and thus meaning any service. Therefore, your response suggests that all services arent good.
That’s part (the lesser part, but still important) of why I hate when news orgs use an angry dude on twitter as their example of someone who is up in arms about something.
The Internet is not representative of the population. The people posting are self selected. It’s the same reason if you go looking for coffee advice you’ll find a thousand posts with advice about roasting your own beans while most people are drinking Starbucks, Dunkin, Folgers, and Maxwell House.
The great majority of people do not give a shit what the Internet is doing. A lot of people look but only a teeny tiny slice are posting about it.
Roasting your own coffee is hard though. I have done that and I still buy beans
Roasting your own coffee is trivially easy if you have the right tools. I bought an air roaster in a crowd funding campaign a few years back and it’s just incredibly more convenient, cheaper, and at least as good as buying from a roastery.
Of course, most people aren’t going to want to spend a grand on something to save a few dollars a week, or to tweak a roast to fit their palate slightly better. I know I wouldn’t have.
I mean yeah sure if you buy an automatic system you can do it and everything gets easy. But now it’s not cheap anymore You have to source the beans which isn’t easy or cheap either, at least in europe. If I would buy this and source the easiest to find coffee I would still pay 14€ per kg most likely a bit more with electricity. I buy pretty expensive coffee at 30/kg and even if I save 15 per kg I would still need 7 years to break even on it. That’s not really cheap. If I would buy normal coffee at 16/kg I would never break even
I was really lucky to get mine in the early crowd funding phase - it was something like a quarter the current retail price. And my preferred green beans (when bought by the sackload, delivered) are about 60% the price of roasted beans at a local roastery. The value worked out well for me where I am, but I can certainly understand that your local prices will differ, and with the current price of the unit it’s a lot more of a painful initial outlay. Still pretty cool for anyone who likes to tinker with their roast profile, of course.
I only use Facebook for my business. Mostly just social posts about things which act as promotion. That said, I’m not seeing the results I saw a few years ago. Far fewer interactions on posts, almost no comments. I’m not sure it’s worth doing these days. We get more client contacts from our webpage than via facebook. We’re doing a ton more business these days than a few years ago, so I know it’s not coming from Facebook.
We have a business instagram account as well, but I use a third party to post to facebook/insta and it commonly has an issue posting to instagram. I have personal facebook and insta accounts but I never use them (expect to log into the business accounts). As a user, I can’t stand either of those platforms.
I don’t subscribe to any streaming service. Haven’t for over 3-4 years.
I do use youtube. I also have a business and a personal youtube account that are monitized so I throw videos up a few times a month.
I only use Amazon for my business and even then orders are rare. I try to order from Canadian vendors when possible.
You use lemmy. No one you know uses lemmy. You are literally the minority of minorities
Most people likely think this is a Motörhead fan forum
That’s true. I hate Marvel and Star Wars movies as well. I’m definitely an outlier.
Yes but do you hate Linux and Star Trek? That’s true minority on Lemmy.
I actually do hate linux as a desktop. It doesn’t suit my computer needs outside of maybe just browsing the web. I use Windows in my music studio and for video editing and I’m very happy with the software I’m using. I’m also extremely comfortable with it.
When I was in IT I used Linux all the time for servers though and had no complaints there.
I only like original Star Trek. I hated TNG and all the off-shoot shows.
I know someone who used FB for business. They said engagement was amazing to start with but it was as if FB started hiding their posts to encourage them to pay to promote them.
We tried a paid promotion on facebook a few years back just to see how it did.
It got shit results.
I bet you’re crowded out by spam on Facebook/Insta. I hate to say it, but playing the spam game seems almost expected for businesses now.
…TBH, itd be fair to roll your own advertising influencer bots. Participate in the corruption of Facebook/Insta.
Probably but those services are shit anyways and people should stop using them.
Europe is working on alternatives, it takes time but I think people will switch.
I wonder how many people are going to boycott Steam?