I’m more interested in the less esoteric examples. What I meant earlier was the negotiations — or rather, the lack of real negotiations — between Microsoft and Trafikverket.
Because Trafikverket was effectively locked into Microsoft’s ecosystem, they had very little leverage and essentially had to accept Microsoft’s terms, rather than being able to enforce their own requirements, including those imposed by Swedish law.
One issue can be concentration of power rather than tax levels. This can also be applied on corporate entities that through, for example, licenses and long term relationships create a built-up monopoly situation where the supplier can set their own terms. There was a recent example of this in Sweden.
🫶 Welcome back #Iran! Metrics show a further rise in connectivity as mobile networks and other segments are reconnected to the global internet:
• Filternet remains in place but can be worked around
• WhatsApp now restricted, requiring circumvention
• Some users still offline