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Google just 10 days ago lost its appeal of a 4 billion dollar anti-trust fine.
by gpm 4y ago
Google just 10 days ago lost its appeal of a 4 billion dollar anti-trust fine.
- rofrol 4y agoin Europe Union not USA
- aliqot 4y ago4 billion dollars is less of a fine and more of a participation fee, a cost of doing business.
- bradleykingz 4y agoCuriously, how much do you think would be "fair"? $4B is a lot of money, no matter how you look at it.
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- aliqot 4y agoFair would be sanctions, restructuring, legal consequence for those responsible for inaction in dividing the constituents of the conglomerate. Think Ma Bell, Standard Oil. 4B likely wouldn't even cover the vig on all that profit.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoFair would be a fine large enough to actually induce existential worry. A $4 billion fine isn't enough to make Google worried for their continued existence. They know they'll be fine.
- cmeacham98 4y agoFair would be a fine such that Google/Alphabet would be better off had they not participated in the antitrust behavior. Anything below that is just subtle encouragement.
- irrational 4y agoIn Europe. The question people were asking at the time is if the fine was great enough to cause google to abandon Europe. If they did, they might be able to abandon Mozilla with impunity since nobody else is likely to do anything about it.