• nous@programming.dev
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    1 month ago

    Yen also pointed out how such a court decision could help cut inflation in the US, too, “by dropping the price of a significant chunk of digital purchases by 30% overnight”.

    I bet most companies will just take that extra 30% as profit rather than giving it back to their users like proton has.

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      1 month ago

      Yeah, even of the companies don’t pocket the difference, he’s an idiot to suggest that this will cut inflation.

      This guy is just not very smart, I think.

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        1 month ago

        Interesting that Andy Yen does not have a Wiki page. But Proton says “Previously, Andy was a research scientist at CERN and has a PhD in particle physics from Harvard University.” so, I think he’s very smart, he’s just outside of his lane here.

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        1 month ago

        I think he’s a salesperson trying to sell the idea that getting rid of the apple tax is good for consumers.

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          1 month ago

          getting rid of the apple tax is good for consumers.

          I mean that’s not wrong. I had no idea Apple was double-dipping like this. I wonder if Google is doing the same thing…