• Ciderpunk@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    This is the government equivalent of “you owe me a bajillion dollars!” An unserious fine from an unserious government.

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    22 days ago

    They could pay with one of those comically large cardboard checks, then forget to sign it.

  • LukácsFan1917
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    23 days ago

    Good, but not high enough for what Google has done.

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        22 days ago

        It is how things should be, although for valid reasons, not “the banned our accounts, we mad, grrrrr”. The alternative is companies getting a “fine” that’s a drop in the bucket and just continuing how they did previously. If the company does shitty things and gets banned because they can’t pay a huge fine because of GDPR for instance, then good riddance.

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        22 days ago

        If you don’t think giving a tech monopoly multiple life sentences is cool get out of my mentions.

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        22 days ago

        I am sure you would prefer shilling for Google or Israel. Tough luck.

        • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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          22 days ago

          Oo, topical and feisty. No I remember being a twentysomething, say it louder for the cheap seats etc

          • LukácsFan1917
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            21 days ago

            All you know how to do is mindlessly repeat what your bosses tell you to get your treats 😭😭😭

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      22 days ago

      If Russia wanted to be the good guy, they’d hack Google and opensource all the code.

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        21 days ago

        Hey look, we found a guy who believes in “don’t be evil” in 2024! Try not to laugh!

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          21 days ago

          I don’t? Where did I say this? I am merely asking what they did concretely that ruffled your feathers.

          That comment was overflowing with hate / anger and I want to understand why.

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    22 days ago

    Its from a fine that doubles every day. There’s no judge literally demanding google pay this amount of money. Makes a good headline, though.

    FTA: “The company’s Russian subsidiary declared bankruptcy in 2022”. Its just been doubling the whole time.