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How much is the cost per user? Maybe it is not that much in the end (as usual)

• kstrauser 2y ago
  The total fine seems to be $200M, so maybe a buck a person. That’s still a whole lot more than their previous fine of $0.00 for it. Now we have a precedent.
  • jazzyjackson 2y ago
    A precedent that selling out your users gets you a slap on the wrist
    • kstrauser 2y ago
      Alternatively, a precedent that the FCC can and will actually fine someone for breaking the law. The leap from $0 to $200M is much larger than the step from $200M to real fines.
  • beretguy 2y ago
    So, we improved from fining $0 to $1.
    • kstrauser 2y ago
      Correct, and imagine the amount of work it took to make that possible at all. If you build a car factory, you're not going to make a whole lot of net profit off the first one you sell. It's way easier to make car #2 after you have everything in place to make car #1. Given the size and complexity of the organizations involved in this fine, that may actually be a reasonable analogy. I'd bet person-years of work went into making it happen, and that a lot of that could be dusted off and re-used if the FCC wanted to do it again.
  • thfuran 2y ago
    >That’s still a whole lot more than their previous fine of $0.00 No, it's barely more.