r/USdefaultism • u/Myrandall Netherlands • 5d ago

Imagine getting unironically upset about the fact that 95% of the world calls a sport something different than you, in a subreddit poking fun at people who don't understand your hobby

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u/BongBaron 5d ago

"BuT iTs aN aMeRiCaN wEbSiTe"

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u/Quack3900 Canada 5d ago

Yet not even half its userbase is Amurican

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u/lettsten Europe 5d ago edited 4d ago

And for us in Europe, at least, it's served by a Dutch company Reddit Netherlands B.V.

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u/marbhgancaife Ireland 4d ago edited 4d ago

And for us in Europe, at least, it's served by a Dutch company

There's a "regional sales hub" in Amsterdam, NL 🇳🇱 but Reddit's European HQ is in Dublin, IE 🇮🇪

Edit: Whilst Reddit headquarters is in Ireland, what the user above me said is correct. EU users are governed by Reddit Netherlands not Reddit Ireland.

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u/helmli European Union 4d ago

Reddit's European HQ is in Dublin, IE 🇮🇪

Ah, like all good tax-evading US corps. We probably really should come together to unify the system step by step, or change tax on (online and offline) services EU-wide so that they have to pay the taxes where the profits are generated

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u/lettsten Europe 4d ago

That may be, but the legal agreement is with "Reddit Netherlands B.V."

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u/marbhgancaife Ireland 4d ago

Dankje! :D I stand corrected! That's really interesting though because it seems the "European Business Centre" where their office is located is just a "rent an office" space in Amsterdam!

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u/Myrandall Netherlands 4d ago

Reddit, just a small IT company trying to make it in the big bad world of tech! /s

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u/Magdalan Netherlands 4d ago

Sooo European. Got it.

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u/Quack3900 Canada 5d ago

Huh