Don’t most companies have exactly that? Ad tier and pay and use without ads
Fair Fairy
Im a kids TV host who ran an amazing tv show, but I got fired and it’s very unfair. I now decided to become a supervillain.
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Tons of companies rely on ad revenue. Netflix, Google etc will go under.
Fair Fairyto Reddit@lemmy.world•Got Permanently Banned from Reddit for Criticizing trump & edolf. Who Else Here for Similar Reasons?21·7 days agoI get banned from reddit all the time for saying things against Israel.
Just clear browser cache and poweroff your cable modem for 15 min, should get ya new IP.
Don’t use reddit mobile app, app will track unique device identifier and new account will still be banned.Firefox+ ublock on desktop and mobile is your friend.
source: reddit permabanned many times
Fair FairyOPto Reddit@lemmy.world•me, hardcore linux, never used apple in my life - when reddit somehow thinks apple is a relevant subreddit. sigh - mass downvotes it is525·8 days agoI do not care. I hate apple and I will always downvote this company and make sure to shit on it wherever I go.
Fair Fairyto World News@lemmy.world•Russia Not on US Tariff List Despite Broad Global Reach | Sweden HeraldEnglish2·9 days agofrom here https://t.me/s/artjockey_lite
Dmitriev gave a statement following his meetings in the US. Let me remind you that this was actually the first visit of this level since the beginning of the war, and sanctions were temporarily lifted for it.
As a result:
The timing of a new round of negotiations between the US and Russia will be determined in the near future; The resumption of direct air travel is under discussion; US businesses are ready to take the place of companies that left from the EU [they know how to appeal to Trump]; Overall, the US is taking a constructive stance and behaving respectfully.
Judging by the statements, the talks were successful, but in practice — the truth is in the outcome. We’ll see whether there are any developments soon regarding the implementation of Russia’s conditions for a “maritime truce” or, on the contrary, whether Russia will make concessions and agree to it without sanctions being lifted.
Also, a reminder that in a few days, a Ukrainian delegation is set to hold negotiations in the US regarding a resource deal that Trump has already openly referred to as part of a peace agreement.
All in all, it looks like another round of diplomacy may take place next week. A maritime truce and a signed deal by Ukraine could be on the horizon. If that happens — or even if specific dates are set — the chances of a full ceasefire by the end of the month will significantly increase.
Fair Fairyto World News@lemmy.world•Russia Not on US Tariff List Despite Broad Global Reach | Sweden HeraldEnglish39·10 days agoDo people not realize there is no US Russia trade so tariffs would be moot.
Fair Fairyto World News@lemmy.world•The world reacts to Trump's sweeping tariffs: 'No basis in logic'English71·10 days agotranslated some analytics written for Russian audience. from here: https://t.me/s/artjockey
About the Tariffs Today marked the “great day for the USA” previously announced by Trump, as the U.S. has now imposed import tariffs against the entire world. I won’t make predictions about how this will affect the global economy, how much the S&P has dropped, and so on. Instead, I want to draw attention to something that might not be immediately obvious.
The newly introduced tariffs can be divided into three parts: economic, political, and protective.
At the core of these tariffs is a baseline 10% duty on all imports. I’m not sure why there’s so much noise around this—basically, Zoomers invented the reusable shopping bag, and Trump has invented VAT. The U.S. has never had a national-level VAT before, only state-level sales taxes. Now, there will be a federal VAT, but only on imports and only at 10%.
There are also clear protective tariffs, intended to give advantages to domestic manufacturers and to motivate foreign companies that want to sell in the U.S. to move production inside the country, so they can stay competitive against local producers. These are 25% tariffs on all imported cars and computers. It’s all fairly straightforward and not worth overanalyzing. Russia has all of this too: VAT, protection for domestic car makers (e.g., AvtoVAZ), and maybe in the future Trump will even “invent” vehicle recycling fees.
In short, Trump could have quietly pushed a 10% import VAT through Congress without much publicity, and you wouldn’t have even seen the news in any headlines. But in that case, he wouldn’t have been able to kick off a series of trade wars.
The most interesting part of the tariffs is their political nature. I think everyone understands that the 54% tariff on all imports from China (a combination of a previous 20% and today’s 34%) is by no means a reciprocal move—it’s a global trade war that could even precede a real war. This was expected; Trump launched a trade war with China during his first term, and the motivations are clear.
What’s far more intriguing are the tariffs against some of America’s allied countries, which, in my opinion, make up a rather unexpected list:
India: 26%
Japan: 24%
EU: 20%
Taiwan: 32%
South Korea: 25%
Israel: 17%
Philippines: 17% (a country hosting U.S. military bases aimed at China)
Meanwhile, countries that didn’t receive tariff increases and stayed at the base 10%, from a global perspective, include:
South American nations: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay — 10%. Panama also 10%.
Oil-rich Middle Eastern countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, plus Turkey.
AUKUS members: UK and Australia — even though Trump criticized Australia in a speech, no extra tariffs were added.
Africa: Though likely of little strategic interest to Trump for now.
From this differentiation of tariffs, you can infer how Trump views the U.S.’s global strategic direction—a vision that will likely be pursued further.
Notice the low tariffs for South America. Remember how Rubio, right after taking office, made a diplomatic tour across Latin America—something that hadn’t happened in a century? It seems Trump is aiming to “pull Latin America out of China’s hands” and form a U.S.–Latin American alliance in the Western Hemisphere.
At the same time, clear preferences are being given to those joining new U.S. military alliances, as alternatives to the increasingly hard-to-control NATO.
On the other hand, traditional U.S. allies are out of luck. The economies of the EU, Japan, and South Korea—countries that have money but are not considered crucial allies by Trump—are being treated as revenue sources.
This is especially evident in the EU’s case. According to the “Trump Doctrine”, the main rival to the U.S. is China, and the EU is useless in the fight against China. They won’t go to war over Taiwan, nor will they support a likely sanctions regime against the PRC. So, in Trump’s view, they should simply start paying America in hard currency now, with the long-term plan being further deindustrialization and relocating manufacturing to the U.S…
The tariffs will go into effect between April 5 and 9. Based on past experience, I wouldn’t be surprised if they never actually take effect—maybe they’ll be repealed, suspended, or something else. But if nothing changes and the 20% tariffs on the EU, Japan, and others remain in place long-term, then the so-called “golden age of universal prosperity” will likely become a thing of the past for those nations.
I think he did a lot of good things that other countries didn’t have at the time.
Like universal education, universal legal equality, property rights - which is probably why.
And he rose to power as revolutionary hero.And then he always cared more about PR. Like noone knew he left Egyptian forces to slowly surrender until years later cause he restricted communication from there
Fair Fairyto sino@hexbear.net•China plans to build enormous solar array in space — and it could collect more energy in a year than 'all the oil on Earth'English32·13 days agoHow is that gonna be transferred to earth?
I’ve heard pixels have out of band chips in them acting as hardware backdoors
Why do u have your purchases on Google?
Fair Fairyto Technology@lemmy.world•LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a weekEnglish6·17 days agoHaven’t used ms products in a decade.
My Microsoft boycott was longer
Fair Fairyto News@lemmy.world•White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin21·18 days agoWhy do I need it for? Drugs and porn purchases?
Fair Fairyto News@lemmy.world•White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin7·18 days agoWhich one is decent?
They all are based on ideas that it takes a lot of resources to produce it
Fair Fairyto News@lemmy.world•White House Says Gold Reserves May Be Used to Purchase Bitcoin91·18 days agoThe correct thing to do is ban all the digital coins.
All they used for is tax avoidance. While raising electric bills
Fair Fairyto /r/50501 Mirror@50501.chat•Start a new political party, the 'American Progressive Majority'.English2·20 days agoCan working families be that?
Wfp
Fair FairytoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•34,000! Largest rally that Bernie or AOC have ever hadEnglish6·20 days agoProblem with Dems - it’s still the party of the rich.
They try their hardest to direct the energy towards various more cultural issues as opposed to working people rights.
By punching nazis u mean posting memes in lemmy?
My point is - they will not allow that to happen.
In order for something like this to take place you would need a full blown communist revolution