Subsidies are another way to say State planning, which is how you direct the "free market". No capitalist, which includes China, will "innovate" without being baited with money.
There are massive subsidies in the US as well, but these go into the pockets of the CEOs and political/financial class. If this were to happen in China they'd go missing like Jack Ma of Alibaba until he got his head right.
Canadian’s standard of living, as measured by real GDP per person, was lower in 2023 than in 2014.>
So due to productivity declines, not the fact that employers face no repercussions for laying off tax paying workers, the gov may eventually need to raise taxes due to diminished revenues...go figure.
Is there any reason workers aren't "workering" harder?! ;)
More power to them!!!
Apple can find that money in between the cushions of their couch:)
But the birth rate is going down, what to do? 🤷♀️
Spoiler alert ... She doesn't.
What could possibly go wrong?;)
That's the linux tax again...w a free OS no less 🤦♂️
This is the killer app of going electric for sure:)
odd, I see there are comments available, but can't see them from lemmy.ml 🤷
An independent audit would go a long way as well...looks interesting.
Personally, I don't this will have much success because titok is driven by algorithms and influencers...it's built for lazy scrolling consumers that follow the latest trends. People that use it don't care about the data privacy or ethics of it, they just want to know what the latest song or dance craze is ... Add to that ease of use to add graphics and music tracks. Also reach is everything.