schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGermany seeks to levy 10% tax on online platforms like Googlewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11 cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up185arrow-down1external-linkGermany seeks to levy 10% tax on online platforms like Googlewww.reuters.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareatk007@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoOn the other hand, Bundeswehr (German Military) runs their infrastructure on Google Cloud.
minus-squarealbert180@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 month agoIt is still an absolutely moronic idea, but they don’t run their software on the Google Cloud, they run their own Datacenter and Google Cloud provides the Software Platform. It is still air gapped and theoretically independent
minus-squareSchorsch@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoThat’s one way to channel German tax money into US big tech.
On the other hand, Bundeswehr (German Military) runs their infrastructure on Google Cloud.
It is still an absolutely moronic idea, but they don’t run their software on the Google Cloud, they run their own Datacenter and Google Cloud provides the Software Platform. It is still air gapped and theoretically independent
That’s one way to channel German tax money into US big tech.