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Re:Apple vs the Law by andruby on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:19AM (#44530871)
Can you also expand on why? Especially in this case I do feel like it’s an (imperfect) proxy for power they wield.
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Re:Apple vs the Law by RReverser on Friday July 11, 2025 @07:51AM (#44531080)
Because one is annual, and the other is just total. The equivalent of GDP for corporations would be annual revenue.
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Re:Apple vs the Law by Andrew_nenakhov on Friday July 11, 2025 @08:31AM (#44531394)
The same reason you don't compare speed with distance. Distance is meters, speed is distance per the unit of time, meters / seconds, m/s.

Likewise, market cap is measured in monetary units, dollars, euros, etc., while GDP is measured in money per the unit of time: $XXXX / year.

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