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Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] by ScottFree on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @01:08PM (#20868679)
The EU has seen poor results with fines. The big tech companies (Google, Amazon, etc) pay them with the change they find in their couch cushions. Then, they continue doing whatever they want to do. It doesn't dissuade them.
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Re:OpenBSD was right to disable hyperthreading [video] by tyfon on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @02:37PM (#20869679)
We haven't really seen the "end game" deployed by the EU yet (4% of global annual turnover fines).

I suspect when that happens the companies will launch a massive PR campaign and fight it in court but eventually lose. If they pull out of the EU or pay I have no idea.

Edit: seems like 4% of alphabets 2018 global revenue [1] is "only" 5.44 billion dollars. Wonder if it can be applied multiple times.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/266206/googles-annual-gl...

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