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Google Pays $1.375 Billion to Texas Over Unauthorized Tracking and Biometric Data Collection (thehackernews.com)
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[โ€“] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 18 points 3 weeks ago

uh uh now do all the other countries of the world too

[โ€“] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now that's a fine that actually hurts them. Now 50x ๐Ÿธ

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now that's a fine that actually hurts them

Please. That's less than two day's revenue for the obscene behemoth that is Google parent company Alphabet

Now 50x

You're getting warmer..

[โ€“] prodigalsorcerer@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Revenue is a useless metric.

It's about 1.4% of their annual profit.

That seems reasonable given this is only about users in Texas. If this same result were applied to all users and jurisdictions worldwide, we'd be looking at about 200-300% of their annual profit.

[โ€“] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's about 1.4% of their annual profit

Nowhere near it. You ARE aware that the official profits are AFTER the army of tax avoidance lawyers and accountants do their somehow still legal thing, right?

Wouldn't be surprised if the ACTUAL profits were multiple times the official number.

Revenue is a useless metric.

Not compared to post-avoidance profits.

If this same result were applied to all users and jurisdictions worldwide, we'd be looking at about 200-300% of their annual profit

Only if going by the official number and counting several users and jurisdictions more than once.