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>Or maybe they say "enough is enough" and don't pay it. Never thought of it this way. Does Google need European revenue more or do Europeans rely on Google mor
by adtac 4y ago
>Or maybe they say "enough is enough" and don't pay it.
Never thought of it this way. Does Google need European revenue more or do Europeans rely on Google more?
- Someone 4y agoIt’s not only European revenue. If they leave the EU, the EU becomes a place where future competitors to their other revenue can grow. Imagine Samsung (maybe not the best example, given their track record in software) stepping in with a fork of the open source parts of Android, to be sold in the EU. That will be inferior to the full Android, but wouldn’t be killed by it because EU customers wouldn’t be able to choose it. Over time, it could get closer to Android and, at some time, Samsung could start selling it successfully in Asia or the USA.
- from 4y agoWhen does a company actually become subject to EU jurisdiction? If they had closed all their offices, relocated all their employees, closed all their bank accounts in Europe before this case would a US court even be allowed to enforce this judgement?
- petre 4y agoOr they could play by the rules and still operate in the EU. I tink they should also be fined 1% of the original fine per day, for failing to pay the fine and delaying as much as possible to on order to diminish the fines due to inflation.
- from 4y agoWould you be motivated to “play by the rules” if someone went to your store and told you they’d burn it down unless you paid them $10000 a month? This is a shakedown any way you look at it.
- petre 4y agoYou are misrepresenting facts. This isn't some mafia doing racketeering, it's the EU enforcing antitrust regulation in court.
- pyrale 4y agoThe ruling could probably not be applied. However, as someone above said, that choice would realistically cost them tens of billions each year, as well as fostering new competitors.