Why “netflix” is being discussed
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Yeah, the excuses courts come up with to allow code are becoming SO absurd they're kind of funny. For example: https://www.courthousenews.com/coders-lose-appeal-i…
by spwa4 · Oct 31, 2026
Sure but that's rather different from productive collaboration. People have previously replaced those things with Netflix or video games which also cannot replace human collabor…
by singpolyma3 · Oct 31, 2026
tbh, I don't understand why people are talking trash about this, I don't myself know if this would helps France but this is not a tax of individuals, if is like a border tax on…
by khnov · Oct 31, 2026
If you are right, you can bet that YouTube-France will have Ad's every 2 seconds and Netflix gets really expensive, maybe the French Government really wants Piracy ;)
by BSDobelix · Oct 31, 2026
French government should buy a bunch of subscriptions like netflix or cheap games on Steam that have large download sizes and just download all day. Pay the monthly $20, then re…
by revolvingthrow · Oct 31, 2026
The average streaming show would be about €0.20 in tax to watch. That would make Netflix like 30-50% more expensive.
by onlyrealcuzzo · Oct 31, 2026
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