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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by shadowgovt on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:47AM (#29175954)
That's what I'm saying... the EU could probably double or triple these fine levels, easy, before Google decides this isn't worth just factoring into cost-of-business.

Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them...

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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by wongarsu on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @10:57AM (#29176118)
Google would probably keep operating at a loss just to prevent competitors from seizing the market and using that to fuel growth in the rest of the world. Better to take a loss and keep everyone else small.
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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by eropple on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @12:25PM (#29177365)
> Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them...

Scaling to revenue isn't unfair. It's how you properly scare multinationals into compliance.

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