What Katie DidEU customers, a quick customs update.
A new €3 Customs Duty on low-value imports is due to come into effect on 1st July, but at the moment the details are still a little confusing.
The examples published so far suggest the charge may apply to each distinct item type within a parcel, rather than every individual item.
We're still waiting to see exactly how this works in practice.
F3715H@whatkatiediduk it's mostly a punitive action by @EUCommission to curb in on Imports for #SmallItems from #China.
- They already circumvented this with bulk-importers, dropshipping providers and customs warehouses in the #EU, that facilitate imports on-demand in a transparent #DDP fashion.
All it'll do is hurt honest #SmallMerchants who don't go through said middlemen.
@F3715H @EUCommission yes, it's just ridiculous. It's as if they're quite happy to lose all artists and just have Amazon/Temu etc although that's who they 'say' they're targeting.
@whatkatiediduk yeah...
@EUCommission already killed #GooglePlay competitiors like #AndroidPit with absurd regulations.
- Cuz when stuff is getting regulated as if only #GAFAMs exist, you get a #GAFAM-only #Enshitternet! (#Enshittified #Internet).
https://appdevelopermagazine.com/important-announcement:-androidpit-app-center-to-close/
Meanwhile, all it'll do is raise the bar for competitiors and costs for consumers, because all the #Dropshipping fees will be added to the item prices!
King_DuckZ@F3715H @whatkatiediduk @EUCommission one thing I wish someone with more means would start looking into is why more and more apps refuse to work without Google Play installed. Like, they really want people to have the Google flavour of Android and it's so fucking sus
@duckz @whatkatiediduk @EUCommission It's because #Google incentivizes using #GooglePlay and it's #API|s for everythibg from #AccountLogin, #CopyProtection / #DRM & #InAppPutchases to #PushNotifications!
- Breaking Vanilla-#AOSP - compatibility is not an accident but intentional side-effect…
@whatkatiediduk @F3715H @EUCommission they probably have a return from those being profitable. Or H&M or every other store that sells the exact same made in Vietnam crap they so desperately don't want you to buy straight from the source. It's almost as if those who used to employ local people in local factories want to keep making money even tho they shut down factories here and offloaded production to generic factories in Asia