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"Big Tech earns enough in less than 3 weeks to pay all 2024 fines" (infosec.pub)

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[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would be more illustrative to know the percentage of the annual profits the fine costed them

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

3 weeks is about 5% of the year. Do you think that’s a more illustrative figure than 3 weeks in a year? I think you’re in the minority on that opinion.