News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Google loses EU appeal and is fined a record $4B. Parent comment

Re:Google loses EU appeal and is fined a record $4B by 1234letshaveatw on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:30AM (#32940292)
I'm pretty sure one of the main reasons the EU exists is to fine US tech companies instead of trying to compete
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google loses EU appeal and is fined a record $4B by oblio on Thursday September 22, 2022 @03:51PM (#32943811)
The standard business practice of many US tech companies is to go:

We have a ton of VC capital. Can we use this to price dump our way into the market or to do slightly illegal or very illegal things covered in great UI/UX/XD so that some consumers are our own side, and by the time they ban us, we're too big too fail and fines we get are lower than our profits?

Examples: Uber, Airbnb, LinkedIn, ...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Google loses EU appeal and is fined a record $4B by Hamuko on Thursday September 22, 2022 @11:58AM (#32940772)
Dear Americans,

Not everything in this world revolves around you.

[ Parent | on HN ]