Yes, I get it, both your and @stoy 's response. It’s why I say I don’t think it’s the wrong move considering. it just feels like the world is moving backwards. I grew up in a mostly demilitarised, increasingly inclusive Europe, naively believing we’re moving past all that crap. Yes, it seems I wasn’t a very bright child.

Sure, let’s stick it to the US because they are imperialist capitalist assholes and elected a Cheeto fart (twice).

What do we get in return though? An enormous pile of debt, which will inevitably go towards increasing inequality like these things tend to do. Militarised Europe with a toothless corrupt government and disjointed member states. Worsening relations with the most war hungry nations in the world. Brilliant!

I’m not saying it’s the wrong move but I find it hard to love any of it. We’re talking about wars, international tension, instability and unpredictability.

Are we in the ‘hardware as software’ age yet

The fork button exists for a reason…

I find it funny that this is a surprise to anyone, given the cloud act from trump’s first term. It’s literally the reason behind this ‘revelation’ in the French courts.

I didn’t answer because it’s irrelevant if I’m in Sweden, Spain or Greece. There’s a plethora of economic issues across the continent, none of which is that we’re falling behind on productivity. The point of this ‘productivity’ bs metric is to push for deregulation and less worker rights.

If you want to defend the premise of the article, you can do so regardless of what you know about me personally. Yet you haven’t made a single argument.

What effects are those precisely?

Do yourself a favour and stop measuring success as a function of the difference with last year/quarter or another region’s stats. If you want to compete, put the money where your mouth is, it’s that simple. There are plenty of people who are hungry to build and develop businesses for 168 hours per week, they just get better opportunities to do it elsewhere. But why should everyone else be forced to follow that pace? Don’t buy into skewed graphs meant to push somebody else’s political agenda, do you own thinking.

What, GDP per capita per hour is less in my region? I’d be making 3x the money in my profession if I worked in the US? My quality of life is 10x better here than it would be there. And yes, I speak from experience.

Ah yes, overregulation and weak productivity.

Let’s keep on pushing that narrative. Regulation stands in the way of businesses. Policies promoting a healthy work life balance stand in the way of business growth.

Truly terrible things… For anyone who doesn’t need to work every day for 40-50 years of their lives. For the vast vast majority these are things that make everyday life bearable.

Regulation is essential in avoiding a reality where you need to pay for the air you breathe. Weak productivity is a myth in Europe, the real difference with US is in the hours we work. And I fully agree this needs reform. Let’s drop the working week to 4, no, 3 8-hour work days.

Just let people enjoy their short lives, you fucking greedy assholes.

Just like with phones, all you need to do is remove the battery

Daily motion is owned by the French canal+, a public company.

Maybe I’ve gone too far in my open source and decentralised convictions, but the only benefit I see here is that the company is based in the EU. It has the same profit driven structure as Google/YouTube.

Why I see this as a problem?

Option A- the platform grows but it can’t monetise effectively: they will need to seek more revenue by further monetising users and advertisers. Expected result: enshittification

Option B- the platform grows and becomes very successful. This is a publicly traded company, so growth is everything. They will once again seek further monetisation. Expected result is the same.

What’s more, having extremely powerful and wealthy corporations leaves us on the path the US has taken, with strong lobbies of private interest (basically legal corruption).

Shouldn’t we use this turning point to move to a better alternative, instead of substituting foreign cancer with a home grown variety?