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Almost 3bn euros is one hell of a cost of business though, that's approximately a euro for every 2.5 people on the planet

isodev 1y ago
Google has been serving a lot of ads over the years.
thinkingtoilet 1y ago
Until the rich people who green light things like this go to jail it will literally never stop. Someone, somewhere needs to be responsible for policies that break the law and they need to go to jail.
- lucketone 1y ago
  My company has a committee that votes on these kinds of things. You as a prosecutor, who will you take to jail? whole committee? Those who voted in-favour? Somebody who brought the proposal? Only CEO? Each of these decisions if done consistently over time, would invoke changes in companies, to get some fall-guys in right places.
  - alkonaut 1y ago
    For usual corporate crimes: Usually CEO and/or a few senior individuals who you could prove was part of a conspiracy and aware it was a crime, through emails, chat logs etc.
  - thinkingtoilet 1y ago
    The very easy and obvious answer is the people who are responsible. If there is a committee then the obvious answer is the people who voted for it. It's not hard. It's like saying what if I break the law but I do it with three other people, who goes to jail? The obvious answer is everyone who broke the law goes to jail. If a fifth person did not participate and said you should not break the law, the very obvious answer is the person who did not participate and who did not break the law does not go to jail. It's not complicated at all.
udev4096 1y ago
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djtango 1y ago
Huh? Google generated 350B in revenues in 2024... 3B is pocket change to them
jjani 1y ago
It's 15% of their yearly net profit in the region. Not even revenue. 3bn sounds like a lot because we haven't gotten used to the absurd profit levels that these monstrosities have reached.
- reorder9695 1y ago
  I actually do think that's significant, if someone took 15% of your yearly earnings this year that would definitely be noticed. I'm not saying it's the right amount, I'm saying that is enough to be felt and therefore isn't the tiny fines you often tend to see
  - jjani 1y ago
    My yearly earnings are revenue, not profit.
  - account42 1y ago
    Would you not take a 30% pay increase just because it came with a risk to be fined 15% of your earnings once after profiting for many years though?
Anonyneko 1y ago
For Google that's a slap on the wrist.
- generic92034 1y ago
  But a slap which can easily be repeated (even with more force), if Google does not comply.

isodev 1y ago

Google has been serving a lot of ads over the years.

thinkingtoilet 1y ago

Until the rich people who green light things like this go to jail it will literally never stop. Someone, somewhere needs to be responsible for policies that break the law and they need to go to jail.

lucketone 1y ago
My company has a committee that votes on these kinds of things. You as a prosecutor, who will you take to jail? whole committee? Those who voted in-favour? Somebody who brought the proposal? Only CEO? Each of these decisions if done consistently over time, would invoke changes in companies, to get some fall-guys in right places.
- alkonaut 1y ago
  For usual corporate crimes: Usually CEO and/or a few senior individuals who you could prove was part of a conspiracy and aware it was a crime, through emails, chat logs etc.
- thinkingtoilet 1y ago
  The very easy and obvious answer is the people who are responsible. If there is a committee then the obvious answer is the people who voted for it. It's not hard. It's like saying what if I break the law but I do it with three other people, who goes to jail? The obvious answer is everyone who broke the law goes to jail. If a fifth person did not participate and said you should not break the law, the very obvious answer is the person who did not participate and who did not break the law does not go to jail. It's not complicated at all.

udev4096 1y ago

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djtango 1y ago

Huh? Google generated 350B in revenues in 2024... 3B is pocket change to them

jjani 1y ago

It's 15% of their yearly net profit in the region. Not even revenue. 3bn sounds like a lot because we haven't gotten used to the absurd profit levels that these monstrosities have reached.

reorder9695 1y ago
I actually do think that's significant, if someone took 15% of your yearly earnings this year that would definitely be noticed. I'm not saying it's the right amount, I'm saying that is enough to be felt and therefore isn't the tiny fines you often tend to see
- jjani 1y ago
  My yearly earnings are revenue, not profit.
- account42 1y ago
  Would you not take a 30% pay increase just because it came with a risk to be fined 15% of your earnings once after profiting for many years though?

Anonyneko 1y ago

For Google that's a slap on the wrist.

generic92034 1y ago
But a slap which can easily be repeated (even with more force), if Google does not comply.