• balsoft@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    They’d have to effectively close down the Czech branch of the company.

    Yeah, I think that’s basically what they’re going to do.

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      1 day ago

      that means also potentially stop selling their product in the country. Most big tech companies operate in open violation of GDPR and they are not held accountable only for political reasons. If the government has enough pressure to act, they might force Microsoft to bargain with a lot of leverage on the table. 1300 specialized jobs in Czech are no little business.