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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by dahfizz on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @01:51PM (#29178720)
This isn't a fine for Google generally. This fine is for a specific thing Google did wrong: prioritizing their own shopping results in search. The fine was specifically calculated to be greater than whatever revenue Google made from this behavior.

To follow your analogy, they robbed a bank for a million dollars and got fined 2 million. Then keyboard warriors shouted that they should have been fined 10 million because of unrelated crimes which are still being litigated.

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Re:Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8B... by Closi on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @05:46PM (#29182007)
> To follow your analogy, they robbed a bank for a million dollars and got fined 2 million. Then keyboard warriors shouted that they should have been fined 10 million because of unrelated crimes which are still being litigated.

Well, more accurately they robbed a bank for a million dollars and got fined a million dollars.

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