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So, is the thought that the net benefit of Google's anti-competitive behavior related to comparison shopping services in Europe alone is greater than 1% of Alph
by badRNG 5y ago
So, is the thought that the net benefit of Google's anti-competitive behavior related to comparison shopping services in Europe alone is greater than 1% of Alphabets total income over a calendar year?
- claudiulodro 5y agoNo, otherwise the fine would simply be a cost of doing business, and there would still be a positive ROI for Google on the behavior that got them in trouble. The fine needs to be greater than the revenue generated by anti-competitive behavior.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoA truly fair punishment would require identifying when the unlawful behavior started, calculating all profits derived from it, taking it away and only then fining them. Making unlawful business decisions shouldn't be a calculated power move for them. It should put them in a worse position than they started. Like a chess game that gets rewound all the way back to the last legal move, but it costs them a rook or queen as well for the trouble they caused.
- 93po 5y agoA truly fair punishment would be people going to jail (or the threat of it), like is the case for virtually any other crime. This shit isn't going to stop unless people refuse to do it because of the risk of jail.
- rebuilder 5y agoSetting aside the whole “fair” issue, I suspect Alphabet could convince a lot of execs to risk going to jail for a lot less than the fine levied here. Corporations don’t go to jail.
- krzyk 5y agoBut if by being an employee of such corporation you would have possibility of going to jail, there would be not that many candidates.
- sushid 5y agoThen there's no incentive to perform lawful behavior. Assuming < 100% chance of getting caught for an unlawful behavior, you're incentivizing unlawful behavior if the downside is essentially capped at $0.