I’m talking about all the opinions already made up, that EU wanted to take away encryption and give us chat control.

They didnt want that.

It’s like saying Denmark wants to throw out all immigrants, just because a small minority is proposing it. They dont.

Democracy is just great for media outlets, because they can bandwagon stupid proposals.

Luckily it’s not the same body in the EU who’s in charge of enforcing AND setting up proposals.

The EU is not a “one opinion” government body.

They usually sue if the practice doesnt stop for over a year. They do send warnings before anything official comes out FYI.

But I dont know if they want to do anything though. No one but them and Apple knows for sure.

Google hit by EU lawsuit in 3… 2… 1…

I think there’s a middle ground. It’s not all or nothing.

We can have million dollar studios without having a billion dollar studio.

That’s true, which also illustrates how absurd the big paychecks are with your post in mind.

Sure.

The premise is to bring down costs, and not be free. This is a reality where we can share media we buy, because we own them again.

So you can kind of imagine the world 20-30 years back with VHS and DVDs. Just in the digital world.

Fewer people would buy the content, and less shareholders will be rich. Actors will also not go for multi million dollar salaries. But actors would still exist.

You can argue that this will bring down the number of movies, but most likely there will just be alot of small studios making movies instead of Netflix and Disney controlling the market from start to end.

There will be a much larger varaity in movies, and not that many reboots of past succes from the VHS/DVD age.

Sometimes it’s hard to imagine a reality outside our own.

They just love whoever pays the most. And they cheat on everyone while getting paychecks from all directions.

Fun fact about military-grade.

It means jack shit. It’s a marketing buzz word, and should be illegal to use in commercial sense.

Yeah, I was just curious if the app could harvest it anyway via the SDK or something.

Can you use an open source weather app, or is the problem deeper than that?

What’s legal today might be illegal tomorrow. Short sighted comment.

That’s a fair point. Maybe this “feature” is hard to implement with all countries agreeing on the taxing.

But their might be a limit to how much you can send without being taxable.

This is also a minor feature. As long as it’s possible within country borders, it would be fine 98% of the time.

It was un-american 50 years ago.

The only thing changed right now is the idiot in charge, who just spills it all, because no one can stop him. Even though it’s a democracy… Right?..

The purpose is to boost European companies. Right now they pay between 1-3% of every single transaction.

Next, banks will also get hit. If a digital Euro exists, bank transactions will go down, meaning less transaction fees for both consumers and companies.

Then there’s convinience. People will be free to transfer money across the continent, and also to friends and family without any costs (some countries have that, some dont).

VISA and MasterCard is just a very unneccesarry middle man in 2025.

Who takes the bill then? Well, the EU does, because they work for the people, and the money gained is much larger than money spent. Net positive matematics.

I dont think your definition of “American” matches with the rest of the world if this is “un-american” for you.

It’s not that dumb. There’s a market for this, if you want it or not.

And if you’re going to use crypto, it’s better they use a currency that’s not tied to the currency of an unstable country.

Also, the EU is looking to make a digital Euro anyway, which will not be a crypto coin as you know it, but a way to take power away from VISA and Mastercard, which will save European countries for billions each year.

You dont believe it’s a democracy anymore, do you? Nothing is for the people.

There’s also alot of new battery tech on the way.

There will be a market for batteries at home, and they will exist with the best suitable tech for it - and it’s probably not lithium.

How many years, I dont know. What will it be, and who will do it, no clue. Otherwise my stock portfolio would look better if I knew these things haha.