By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026In other words, it's *illegal* for some Waterloo grads to tap ambitious RIM millionaires for the seed capital to start a company that helps Canadians install Canadian app stores on their Canadian phones. 45/ 17912
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026They can't fix it so when Canadians buy things from other Canadians, all the money stays in Canada, without a 30% "app tax" being siphoned off by either Google or Apple. 46/ 1707
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026That's right: in 2012, Canada passed a law that lets *American* companies use *Canada's* courts to destroy *Canadian* companies that help *Canadian* technology users get more out of *their own property*. 47/ 111230
