Google has lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine
The sad part of this is it is just a fine, a cost of doing the business. I’m sure they have already collected more money by their monopoly than these fines.
What we need to give them is punishment. Not financial ones.
Google 2024 Revenue: $328.28B
Apple 2024 Revenue: $385.60B
I’m sure they’ll behave in the future thanks to these Big fines…
I’m sure fines are under “other expenses” in their financials…
The sad part of this is it is just a fine, a cost of doing the business. I’m sure they have already collected more money by their monopoly than these fines.
What we need to give them is punishment. Not financial ones.