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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by jbigelow76 on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:19PM (#16362286) 

    >Facebook will do just fine, they had years to prepare and an army of lawyers.
Microsoft had years to prepare and an army of lawyers too.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by hathawsh on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:02PM (#16362737)
Hmm? Microsoft went through some pain, but their valuation looks fine and they are on the rise again.

https://qz.com/300946/microsoft-at-its-peak-would-have-crush...

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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by redbergy on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:01PM (#16362735)
And they're doing just fine now... I don't get the point?
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by jbigelow76 on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:19PM (#16362884)
If somebody says "X has money and an army of lawyers" the implication is they are going to beat the case, Microsoft didn't, they were slapped with the largest fine ever at the time ($794 million USD). They are fine despite the inability of lawyers and prep time to deliver victory, not because of it. No guarantees FB will fare better (or worse).
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by lima on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:30PM (#16362974)
Parent claims that Facebook will not "ever be compliant" and "in the worst case the withdraw from these markets".
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by wirrbel on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:43PM (#16363070)
the whole EU? Too big to withdraw from.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by BookmarkSaver on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:14PM (#16363266)
Which is the whole point of the subsequent thread. FB is not just gonna ditch EU, nor are they going to be destroyed by a new regulation.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by petre on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @12:57AM (#16365044)
They got out of China which is also quite big. I just wonder what would replace it if they withdraw.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by earenndil on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:32AM (#16368372)
They're not going to withdraw. Best-case scenario, they stay in the EU but stop abusing users' data there so much, but still make a profic. Worst-case scenario, they're able to weasle their way out of having to change anything.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by tripzilch on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @01:47PM (#16369625)
The worst case would be FB never being compliant. Withdrawing from the markets would be the best case scenario, given non-compliance.
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Re:German court rules Facebook use of personal data illegal by ekianjo on Monday February 12, 2018 @06:10PM (#16363236)
Oh did Microsoft stop having users and stop making insane profits?
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