RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down10
arrow-up120arrow-down1external-linkGoogle hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permissionwww.androidauthority.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoGoogle 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.
minus-squareKekzkrieger@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoIf you earn like 100k a year its like being slapped with a 300 $ fine just to put it into perspective.
minus-squareonesixone@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days ago100k AFTER all your expenses.
minus-squareSquizzy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 days agoBase it not off the entire company, base it off the value of doing this. They didnt make 100 billion off unapproved android user data collection. This argument is common and while fines should be higher, the idea that they dont matter unless they are 10% of earnings is ridiculous.
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.
If you earn like 100k a year its like being slapped with a 300 $ fine just to put it into perspective.
100k AFTER all your expenses.
Base it not off the entire company, base it off the value of doing this. They didnt make 100 billion off unapproved android user data collection.
This argument is common and while fines should be higher, the idea that they dont matter unless they are 10% of earnings is ridiculous.