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[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 119 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (48 children)

"As someone who lives near a Best Buy, I'm at Best Buy often," Newsom told reporters during a news conference. "And I'm paying sales tax on a lot of this prewritten software. And then I find out that all my friends that aren't near a Best Buy, they're downloading and they are not paying sales tax. How is that fair?"

I agree, its not fair, let's just remove the sales tax, k? ๐Ÿ‘

Also pretty sure no one is buying software from Best Buy in 2026, that would be dumb as hell.

[โ€“] adarza@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 weeks ago (13 children)

this is just reclassifying 'digital' software as taxable. the same as software on physical media already is in california. some states have a similar tax status for these products.

many states already did the same with digital video and streaming.

i don't really see a problem with it.

[โ€“] Ulrich@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, I also read the article.

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