• katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    just grow a pair and ban twitter, spacex, starlink, and tesla from operating in europe already.

    there’s no good reason to let them operate.

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      15 hours ago

      They’re mostly all national security threats, especially with Elon and Putin having a special relationship.

      • just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 hours ago

        I mean AfD is also pro-russia AND have neo-nazi’s in its ranks.

        They are at 20% in polls just before the german election.

        I don’t think many people have as many issues as they should have with russia or they just don’t care.

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      12 hours ago

      Tesla is getting a buttload of cash from the EU soon in climate compensation (also Volvo but not so much).

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      7 hours ago

      ok so people who already have teslas should be fucked? if they will be forced to stop operation, some service offerings will not be available. nice

      a car isnt a political statement for everybody, for some people its a fucking tool

      edit: modifying software of cars in general is highly regulated. so banning tesla would create issues for people having those cars, i would love to “homebrew” them but hey, thats fucking illegal

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        6 hours ago

        As you said, they are services. They are not required.

        edit: modifying software of cars in general is highly regulated. so banning tesla would create issues for people having those cars, i would love to “homebrew” them but hey, thats fucking illegal

        How is it even related to services?

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          6 hours ago

          repair, checkup and support services maby? all the stuff a car needs in its lifetime? or did i get something wrong?

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          8 hours ago

          Have you never been to small and poor /s countries like Germany where this sometimes is the best option for getting internet access? /srs
          Edit: Added tone indicators because no one got it

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                10 hours ago

                I think it was the statement that Germany is a “small and poor country” that they were whaaaating about.

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                  8 hours ago

                  They used that as sarcasm to highlight that Germany has no excuse for having shit infrastructure due to their wealth and economy size, unlike other countries.

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                    9 hours ago

                    Thanks, at least someone got it. We are the third biggest economy on this planet and still have the shittiest internet connection a developed country can possibly have, and all of that is only because one corrupt politician said (as in “was paid to say”) that Television is the technology of the future. It’s getting better, but holy fuck, how could this happen.

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              10 hours ago

              In the context of Internet connectivity it might as well be (and I think that’s what the joke was about). Fiber build-out is atrocious and large areas are stuck on 16mbps speeds. Coincidentally cell coverage also sucks in these areas so starlink is the only way to get Internet with decent speed.

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                10 hours ago

                That’s not “small and poor”.

                Edit: Oh, it was a German “joke”. Now I understand. :)

                Although I’m REALLY skeptical that for more than maybe 1% of the population that Starlink is the best option.

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                  8 hours ago

                  German humor :)

                  maybe 1% of the population […]

                  That would be more than 800k people, although the number of affected people does not make a difference. You don’t even think about taking communication away from anyone without there being a replacement for them. And in the scope of Germany, this means that we’ll need starlink access for the next decade or so.