Can I interest you in an iPhone 16? It’s the 16th generation of their pocket depressions rectangle and now costs more than it did last time.
Comment on Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EU
tigerjerusalem@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Jesus Fucking Christ, this fucking company can pay 13 billion and it’s still not do a dent on their TRILLION dollars value. Imagine all that society could benefit if those fucking assholes just paid their share, instead of us having to hear how green and socially conscious these bastards are.
Tech companies are the most disgusting corporations in their sheer greed, right up there with oil corps.
itsathursday@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
800 moneys? Pretty sure that’s the same as last time
magikmw@lemm.ee 1 week ago
It’s hard to believe but 16s are cheaper than 15s. I guess not enough 15s sold.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
13bn dollars in missed taxes while already abusing a tax heaven.
When our stupid politicians will grow some balls (metaphorically, and independent of their gender-balanced commission/parliament), and we’ll actually introduce a proper minimum corporate tax for the entire EU market, it will be 50bn. At least.
Combine this from all the big tech companies that are dodging our taxes, and we could quadruple our defense budget, double our education and healthcare spendings, and still supply every citizen with a bottle of champagne to celebrate.
kippinitreal@lemmy.world 1 week ago
They greedy af. They’ve lobbied (bribed?) to keep the corp taxes as low as possible. Then they go Double Irish with Dutch Sandwich and NOT pay the low taxes anyways. If we were to tax them appropriately then it’d be a helluva lot more than 13b imo
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 1 week ago
95% of corporations and 100% of multinationals are greedy parasites who only display virtues when it’s profitable (mainstream) to do so.
Those that had any real virtue have been destroyed or acquired by the parasites.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves.
kippinitreal@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Fixed & noted. Thanks!
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 week ago
So it takes you half a second to remove the “m”?
filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
And people using mobile can go stuff themselves? It doesn’t switch automatically either way.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
It does for me. On mobile if Wikipedia notices you are using a mobile browser, it automatically redirects you to the m. URL.
Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It actually does switch automatically on mobile, just not desktop, which is why I get annoyed enough when it happens to mention it.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Fuck that’s depressing reading. I understand what US corporations get out of this but I’m still unsure why Ireland goes to this length to be a tax haven. What’s in it for them?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 week ago
They get to tax those trillions at an extremely low rate, right?
massacre@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m pretty sure Ireland is now the richest country in the EU
ripcord@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Technically Luxembourg. But Ireland is #2 by both GDP per capita and by mean income.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 week ago
This is my impression whilst visiting Roscommon.
mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 week ago
Don’t worry, if I believe the internet the EU will save us from Big Tech… checks where Ireland and The Netherlands are… Bugger.