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>Europe is, in the end, too afraid to do it (bar some relatively minor extra taxes that Big Tech is all to happy to pay as long as it's not made legally liable

>Europe is, in the end, too afraid to do it (bar some relatively minor extra taxes that Big Tech is all to happy to pay as long as it's not made legally liable in other ways), https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust_cases_against_Google_by_the_European_Union https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust_cases_against_Goog... $8 billion afraid. If you consider that 'minor', i rather suspect you are being anti-EU just for the hell of it.

paganel 4y ago
If a small butcher-shop round the corner sells the wrong type of meat the authorities first close his shop and then apply the fine, or close the shop and apply the fine at the same time, thing is butcher shop is getting closed no matter what until the issue is resolved. As such, yeah, 8 billion euros/dollars is just the cost of doing business as long as the Google "shop" (or any other FAANG shop) is not closed until the issue is resolved. Back to this, had any political authority (the EU/US, doesn't matter) applied the same principle in here, i.e. "we won't allow you to sell any cloud-related services anymore until you don't have proper customer service" let's say, I can assure you that would have done a lot more to alleviate problems like this one.
- unity1001 4y ago
  > we won't allow you to sell any cloud-related services anymore until you don't have proper customer service Yeah, and shut down everything that everyone has running on Google's servers on the process. Killing millions of small to large businesses in the process. That does make sense. The way to enforce food regulations is to shut down the food stores even at the cost of leaving people hungry.
- InCityDreams 4y ago
  "Wrong type of meat", or unhealthy meat. I think your argument would depend on the distinction (as much as "the authorities" ie working on a local level, vs "The EU", working on a National, and Continental level).

paganel 4y ago

If a small butcher-shop round the corner sells the wrong type of meat the authorities first close his shop and then apply the fine, or close the shop and apply the fine at the same time, thing is butcher shop is getting closed no matter what until the issue is resolved. As such, yeah, 8 billion euros/dollars is just the cost of doing business as long as the Google "shop" (or any other FAANG shop) is not closed until the issue is resolved. Back to this, had any political authority (the EU/US, doesn't matter) applied the same principle in here, i.e. "we won't allow you to sell any cloud-related services anymore until you don't have proper customer service" let's say, I can assure you that would have done a lot more to alleviate problems like this one.

unity1001 4y ago
> we won't allow you to sell any cloud-related services anymore until you don't have proper customer service Yeah, and shut down everything that everyone has running on Google's servers on the process. Killing millions of small to large businesses in the process. That does make sense. The way to enforce food regulations is to shut down the food stores even at the cost of leaving people hungry.
InCityDreams 4y ago
"Wrong type of meat", or unhealthy meat. I think your argument would depend on the distinction (as much as "the authorities" ie working on a local level, vs "The EU", working on a National, and Continental level).