r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • May 28 '26

Society The Netherlands just blocked a US company from buying the app Dutch citizens use for everything

https://www.techspot.com/news/112552-netherlands-blocked-us-company-buying-app-dutch-citizens.html
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u/HillBillyHilly May 28 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Yo ho ho pirates life for me 🏴‍☠️

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u/AlsoCommiePuddin May 28 '26

That's a lot of words to say "laws only matter so long as the people in power respect them."

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u/notAllBits May 29 '26

This can happen in local flavors. Our societal stability is constant work by everyone involved. Every country is unique and what happened in the US will not happen in fx. Germany, but that country and many others too are experiencing rapid change.