<story><title>Square Canada has a Cuban coffee issue</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/square-canada-1.5303143</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kuschku</author><text>And this is exactly why the US domination of the payment industry is so dangerous, why companies like mastercard&amp;#x2F;VISA need to end, and why maybe sometimes it&amp;#x27;s understandable countries like Germany or Denmark have their own card systems or prefer cash.&lt;p&gt;Running all transactions through companies subject to foreign laws makes you subject to those foreign laws. And there is no reason US laws should affect e.g. a Canadian in Canada doing business in Canada with other Canadians.&lt;p&gt;The current situation is extremely unjust, because as German in Germany interacting with other Germans, I&amp;#x27;m suddenly subject to US laws on which I can&amp;#x27;t even vote. Being subject to laws which I can&amp;#x27;t influence in any way democratically is unacceptable, and needs to end.&lt;p&gt;Either we as society should go back to cash, build our own payment systems to replace the US-based solutions, or end the US hegemony that even allows the US to spread its laws this way.</text></comment>
<story><title>Square Canada has a Cuban coffee issue</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/square-canada-1.5303143</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>faramarz</author><text>There is a bigger story here and I&amp;#x27;m glad it&amp;#x27;s made visible to more of the general public, and I &lt;i&gt;really&lt;/i&gt; hope more people listen intently; the underlying technology running your favorites apps are sitting on servers on US soil and prone to US laws.&lt;p&gt;that needs to be a title of the next headline, especially for anyone installing apps under the disguise of &amp;quot;privacy&amp;quot;.</text></comment>