- pageflight@piefed.socialEnglish3 days
While these fines may seem exorbitant, it is worrying that the financial impact of such punishments rarely acts as a deterrent to these large technology companies, whose market capitalisation runs into the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Yeah. We need the equivalent of the giant “stop work” stickers that get plastered on a building’s front door when construction doesn’t have a permit. Otherwise it’s just another operating cost to pass along to VCs/users.
- brokenwing@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish3 days
Well, where is my part of the $3.5bn? I am not getting anything for my data.
- moustachio@lemmy.worldEnglish3 days
There really needs to be criminal charges and prison time for Boards of Directors. Fines are a bullshit illusion of justice.
- db2@lemmy.worldEnglish3 days
while these fines may seem exorbitant
They don’t. Add a couple zeros and you’re approaching what will be a meaningful punishment.
3 daysWho gets the money from these “fines”? Not the people who had their shit plagiarized
- boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish3 days
I mean that’s how fines work, yes. You want something, you’ll have to sue.
- grue@lemmy.worldEnglish3 days
Even at $3.5 billion, “slapped” is an appropriate characterization 'cause all they hit was the wrist.
- kungen@feddit.nuEnglish3 days
The figures come from Surfshark, one of the best VPNs on the market,
It’s just an advertisement piece.
i was so annoyed it had been nearly 30 seconds since I could upvote a post about ai being bad - average lemmy user
