• modifier@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.

    This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      Google made 100 billion last year.

      300 million is barely a blip.

      The fine should have been 30 billion.

      if the fines arent big enough to seriously hurt a company, Then the fines are not big enough to change their behavior.

      They just become a tax on evil.