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Of course they will decide to leave the market twice as big (population wise) as US' one
by nixass 5y ago
Of course they will decide to leave the market twice as big (population wise) as US' one
- nyxaiur 5y agoThey didn't even follow through with their threat to leave the Australian market or the UK or France or Belgium or Germany. I don't even know whom they didn't threaten.
- shadowgovt 5y agoThat's what I'm saying... the EU could probably double or triple these fine levels, easy, before Google decides this isn't worth just factoring into cost-of-business. Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them...
- eropple 5y ago> Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them... Scaling to revenue isn't unfair. It's how you properly scare multinationals into compliance.
- wongarsu 5y agoGoogle would probably keep operating at a loss just to prevent competitors from seizing the market and using that to fuel growth in the rest of the world. Better to take a loss and keep everyone else small.