• blackbeans@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    I understand that Americans suffer under this and that many people are actually against tariffs. We don’t have to disagree there.

    However this article is just about the Sony PlayStation. No one forces people to buy a PlayStation. And Sony, a Japanese company, is also not affiliated with the US government.

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      1 day ago

      We don’t have to disagree there.

      Tariffs are fine. We do them all the time. Blanket tariffs is profoundly stupid in a world with decades of free trade agreements.

      Sony, a Japanese company, is also not affiliated with the US government.

      Sony interactive Entertainment is an American company, moving its HQ to the US in 2016. It organizes the playstation brand and this story focuses on the Playstation division.

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      2 days ago

      Sony also accepted the tariffs by selling them at a higher price. Sony didn’t have to keep selling in the US, no one forces them.

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        2 days ago

        Why would Sony stop selling its products in one of the biggest consumer markets in the world just because it’s people voted for a man that was going to increase taxes?