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sigmoid10 | on: Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB
Google just got hit by yet another record antitrust fine by the EU [1]. But as long as they see these fines as cost of doing business, nothing will change. Especially if it always takes almost a decade to push this through the judicial system. Their net income last year alone was $130 Billion.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/eu-top-court-dismisses-google-...

ciefa | parent | next
Eh, that is if they pay. Trump already made threats for tariffs in regards to those fines.
Danox | root | parent
Which is a federal sales tax against the citizens of the United States countries abroad do not pay no matter how many times taco lies.
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oblio | parent
The EU shouldn't be regulating Google like this.

The US should.

trollbridge | root | parent | next
The DOJ brought an antitrust case against Google… and won.

Then the judge pretty much decided “no consequences”.

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3form | root | parent | next
Why not both? Countries should be able to signal which business practices are undesirable.
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lofaszvanitt | root | parent
Hopeless. US already lost against corps. And that will be their downfall.