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The enforcer's problem is that they might inadvertently make it worthwhile for unfavorable things to happen to the enforcer, such as: - Making it more profitab
by rolltiide 7y ago
The enforcer's problem is that they might inadvertently make it worthwhile for unfavorable things to happen to the enforcer, such as:
- Making it more profitable for the company to just leave your market completely, underservicing everyone there immediately
- Creating an actual monopoly with costlier and poorer service when the policed company exits the market (either from leaving or being dissolved - the latter not applying to Google in this case)
- Creating an incentive to actually challenge the authority in court. Exponentially raising the cost for enforcement and not guaranteeing any favorable outcome.
- And as a corollary to the court, the challenge of authority can result in all the enforcement tools being declared invalid, including the charter for the enforcement agency itself! Resulting in a big public sector layoff and void in enforcement capability.
- repolfx 7y agoYeah the court challenge is the big issue here. Google haven't done anything illegal. The so called "loophole" in the law is actually the way the law was explicitly designed to work. If France pushed this too far Google might win and France would be left with nothing The people cheering for France here are really just cheering for the end of the rule of law. Google pays little tax in France because it's not a French company, not because of "loopholes".