With the wording of “data producers”, it feels more aimed at multimedia than software.

Which seems a reasonable idea. Streaming is a large use on bandwith and charging a tax for it does make sense.

What would make even more sense is the law being properly defined and not overly borad, abd giving small platforms either an exemption or a discount by making the tax progressive. Currently though, the proposal seems overly broad and not at all thought through.

The argument makes sebse for some things but not for others.

Take water bottles. Or mugs. Having 15 of them collecting dust in a drawer is suboptimal. Therefore no one should own one and rent it from a muglord.

There’s a balance to be found, and I’d say RAM is more of a commodity than cars are. The fact it’s not 99.999% utilized, unlike a certain someone’s wishes is a feature of life and not a bug of capitalism not yet being post late stage.

I mean, he ain’t wrong.

Shareholders don’t value stability.or the lobg term. They value short term profit. What happens to the company or products after is less than an afterthought.

Even though it dies with the person affected by it, cancer always wins by killing its host in the end. And clearly, in the CEO’s eyes, so should Proton.