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byRogueWarrior65 ( 678876 ) writes:
Granted, I loathe Android with a passion because it's a balkanized, inconsistent piece of crap. I further loathe Google for taking over YouTube and foisting it's ideological views on content creators. But, as with all government fines, I think this is stupid. Who gets the money? Google's competitors? Where does AskJeeves go to get their slice of the pie?
byfred6666 ( 4718031 ) writes:
Who gets the money?
The EU. It's a punitive fine. It's meant to discourage them for trying to continue to break the law. It's not meant to compensate competitors.
The fine should even be more expensive than what Google earned by not respecting the law. They got caught. Just like if you don't pay your income taxes, the fine should be more than what you owed if you paid your taxes in time.
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bybinkless ( 131541 ) writes:
The "laws" that were broken were EU regulations put in place especially to punish non-EU (US) firms that were succeeding in ways EU based firms could not match. It's not the first time this has happened.
byfred6666 ( 4718031 ) writes:
No, they are anti-trust laws. They apply exactly the same to EU firms.
Anyway, if you don't like the laws, don't do business in the EU. EU laws are a lot saner than US laws anyways. US politicians are sold to big corporations.
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