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2.2 billion would not be worth the money to alienate an entire nation and cause major lashback around the world who hears of the news. Those are all potential c
by siedes 8y ago
2.2 billion would not be worth the money to alienate an entire nation and cause major lashback around the world who hears of the news. Those are all potential customers. They would do better to just pay up.
Now the question is, when will it be worth it for an all-powerful multinational corporation like Google to say fuck it and use their power to influence government policy on a global level? How much money or what would have to be at stake for them to turn their back on "Don't be evil"?
- longstaff2009 8y agoYes ! At some point the cost of the reputation hit becomes less than the value of the fine. Google removed 'Don't be evil' from its code of conduct last year. Hopefully not a sign of things to come
- tyingq 8y agoI would guess an exodus from the other side too. Even though I'm not French, if Google blocks France...it affects me. I'd have to quit hosting my things on Google's cloud, app engine, Google drive, analytics, etc, if I expected people in France to be able to see it.