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I wouldn’t write off a leniency due to their aforementioned arse kissing. A trial doesn’t mean a they’ll be found guilty, let alone given any tangible consequen

I wouldn’t write off a leniency due to their aforementioned arse kissing. A trial doesn’t mean a they’ll be found guilty, let alone given any tangible consequences.

ocdtrekkie 2y ago
The DOJ has continued to indicate it intends to require Google spin off Chrome and obviously the tariff game has done no favors to Apple. Giving Trump money appears to be a game for suckers.
- stevenwoo 2y ago
  Those who were in prison and paid for a pardon got their money's worth. No take backsies on those. The one grifter was released from paying back millions to the people he defrauded - he made money by paying Trump if looked at as simple arithmetic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-on-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1BR9vK https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-ni...
  - ocdtrekkie 2y ago
    Too bad Joe Exotic doesn't have enough money I guess...
- KerrAvon 2y ago
  Yeah, for reasons I still don’t understand — probably because it’s driven by Peter Thiel’s Deep Incel Thoughts — JD Vance and co. were big fans of Lina Khan’s FTC antitrust moves during the Biden administration.
  - userbinator 2y ago
    The growing hatred for Big Tech is largely bipartisan.
  - zombiwoof 2y ago
    Imagine if instagram took down Facebook as a separate company and leadership Same for WhatsApp Both companies had amazing founders who could have thrived if Facebook didn’t take them out We would have a tech landscape of two independent companies and “meta” being just another Yahoo or MySpace Facebook didn’t innovate it crushed innovation. Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck
    - vkou 2y ago
      > Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck Do you really want to live in a universe where Trump has his hands wrapped around the necks of the media and the press? What sort of quid-pro-quo do you think he would get in exchange for not squeezing? If you have any delusions that this can turn out well look at what happened with Eric Adams.
aylmao 2y ago
In fact, wouldn't a trial where they aren't found guilty would probably be better a better outcome for Zuckerberg than no trial at all?
paxys 2y ago
The judge is an Obama appointee and is the same one who ordered Trump to halt illegal deportations to El Salvador. Trump has publicly called for him to be removed. If the administration wanted a lenient ruling, he is the last judge they would rely on.
- linkregister 2y ago
  The judge has less agency than the FTC attorneys, who could easily omit presenting evidence, examining witnesses, etc.

I wouldn’t write off a leniency due to their aforementioned arse kissing. A trial doesn’t mean a they’ll be found guilty, let alone given any tangible consequences.

ocdtrekkie 2y ago

The DOJ has continued to indicate it intends to require Google spin off Chrome and obviously the tariff game has done no favors to Apple. Giving Trump money appears to be a game for suckers.

stevenwoo 2y ago
Those who were in prison and paid for a pardon got their money's worth. No take backsies on those. The one grifter was released from paying back millions to the people he defrauded - he made money by paying Trump if looked at as simple arithmetic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-nikola-founder-trevor-milton-on-fraud-conviction/ar-AA1BR9vK https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/donald-trump-pardons-ni...
- ocdtrekkie 2y ago
  Too bad Joe Exotic doesn't have enough money I guess...
KerrAvon 2y ago
Yeah, for reasons I still don’t understand — probably because it’s driven by Peter Thiel’s Deep Incel Thoughts — JD Vance and co. were big fans of Lina Khan’s FTC antitrust moves during the Biden administration.
- userbinator 2y ago
  The growing hatred for Big Tech is largely bipartisan.
- zombiwoof 2y ago
  Imagine if instagram took down Facebook as a separate company and leadership Same for WhatsApp Both companies had amazing founders who could have thrived if Facebook didn’t take them out We would have a tech landscape of two independent companies and “meta” being just another Yahoo or MySpace Facebook didn’t innovate it crushed innovation. Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck
  - vkou 2y ago
    > Fuck them and I hope Trump scewers Zuck Do you really want to live in a universe where Trump has his hands wrapped around the necks of the media and the press? What sort of quid-pro-quo do you think he would get in exchange for not squeezing? If you have any delusions that this can turn out well look at what happened with Eric Adams.

aylmao 2y ago

In fact, wouldn't a trial where they aren't found guilty would probably be better a better outcome for Zuckerberg than no trial at all?

paxys 2y ago

The judge is an Obama appointee and is the same one who ordered Trump to halt illegal deportations to El Salvador. Trump has publicly called for him to be removed. If the administration wanted a lenient ruling, he is the last judge they would rely on.

linkregister 2y ago
The judge has less agency than the FTC attorneys, who could easily omit presenting evidence, examining witnesses, etc.