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931 points sohzm | 6 comments | 04 Jul 25 02:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.796s | source | bottom
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Disposal8433 ◴[04 Jul 25 04:03 UTC] No.44461043[source]▶
And it has the same fake excuse as usual "Since this was our first OSS project, we didn’t realize at first."

He sure discovered this new open source thing and it's very confusing. It's not like it's almost 40 years old at that point. I'll never understand people who lie like toddlers.

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1. RobotToaster ◴[04 Jul 25 09:28 UTC] No.44462845[source]▶
It's funny these "founders" only use this hollow excuse with open source licensing, you never see "since this was my first company, we didn't realize taxes exist"
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2. aleph_minus_one ◴[04 Jul 25 09:35 UTC] No.44462904[source]▶
> you never see "since this was my first company, we didn't realize taxes exist"

Taxes are a nitpicky example, but indeed in Germany where everything is full of regulations and red tape that only some bureaucrats understand, there indeed exist founders who argue this way for these convoluted laws:

For example have a look at the popular videos of the following channel (in German): https://www.youtube.com/@Nordwolle/videos

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3. raincole ◴[04 Jul 25 11:06 UTC] No.44463437[source]▶
I missed revenue reporting[0] for my one-man studio once. This was exactly what I told the authority.

I got fined anyway.

[0]: Not in the US.

4. matthewmacleod ◴[04 Jul 25 11:51 UTC] No.44463719[source]▶
This happens literally all the time.
5. Hamuko ◴[04 Jul 25 12:19 UTC] No.44463887[source]▶
It's usually never a blatant "I didn't realise taxes exist" but more like "I didn't know I couldn't add haircuts to my company's tax deducts".
6. tormeh ◴[04 Jul 25 13:17 UTC] No.44464286[source]▶
That's different. Last time I checked he's not arguing that he didn't know, but that the regulations are ridiculous and should be changed. Which I think is completely legit. The German economy and everyone who works in it would benefit from this. Moreover, I consider euclidean zoning to be a colossal mistake...