[EU] Record breaking 4.34 billion fine against Google (Alphabet)

[Tackhisis]

What do you mean a non profit organization isn't the same as a billion dollar multinational!

RedHat Inc. (NASDAQ: RHT) is not a non-profit organization.

[Noradin]

Except you can solve contractual problems by using software to turn of problematic features. It's not that hard.

No need to "turn off" software when the problem isn't software.

[Mormolyce]

Nah, the question is if Apple is shady with their iTunes store. I don't have Apple, so I don't know.

I'm sure they are.

[Deleted]

Puts my parking ticket in perspective.

But good on the EU for making an example. It always annoys me that company's seem to get away with trivial punishments alot of the time, like when funnily enough Google again was found to be dodging tax in the UK, the Pm worked out a friendly deal and they only payed a fraction of what they owed, if it had been a small buissness they would have been bent over the barrel.

People can't deny that large corporations have been and are getting Hugh leniency and advantages from governments. Any one pro free market and pro fair play should be against such anti-competitive behaviour and be supportive of the EU in this action.

[Zan15]

I think the EU has been trying to extort American companies.

Another hit and run trolling by our resident independent...spouting his conspiracy theories.


No proof, no citations, no facts.

[Bakis]

Another hit and run trolling by our resident independent...spouting his conspiracy theories.


No proof, no citations, no facts.

As with 90% of Zenkai's shit posts

[Rasulis]

I think the EU has been trying to extort American companies.

The case was 7 years in the making. Well before trump was a blip in US politic. Also, Alphabet is the top destination for and employs a large number of EU's Stem and MBA grads. The last thing EU want to do is extort Alphabet.

[Slant]

The case was 7 years in the making. Well before trump was a blip in US politic. Also, Alphabet is the top destination for and employs a large number of EU's Stem and MBA grads. The last thing EU want to do is extort Alphabet.

The EU gets a boner for rules and applying them. That's probably their only fault.

[Deleted]

The EU gets a boner for rules and applying them. That's probably their only fault.

Much better that regulators just don't bother enforcing the rules...

That's pretty Much what happens in the UK a lot of the time tbh.

[ati87]

Google’s a business. The EU is entitled to pass any law they like. Google will remain a business option in the EU as long as it’s profitable to them. As soon as loss from taxes/fines becomes possible to negate profit, Google will leave the EU. Then the EU would be fucked. Short of copyright violation, there’s no way to create a European Google. The algorithm and research is proprietary.

Google blocks European IPs for a day, and watch the EU change its tune. Google is the real power here.

If google blocked the EU?

Next day you will see a increase in usage for other company while at the same time Google, who just lost a a large chunk of revenue, will either go bankrupt or have a management change.

[Deleted]

It's just odd to me that you aren't allowed to push your own services on your own operating system.

The fact that it's a US problem no doubt played a part in the hight of the fine imo.

[Slant]

It's just odd to me that you aren't allowed to push your own services on your own operating system.

The fact that it's a US problem no doubt played a part in the hight of the fine imo.

"Pushing your own services" is one thing, forbidding customers straight up to use a different product at all, that's locking out competition.

[ati87]

It's just odd to me that you aren't allowed to push your own services on your own operating system.

The fact that it's a US problem no doubt played a part in the hight of the fine imo.

So are you using Internet Explorer?

[Slant]

So are you using Internet Explorer?

A gaming forum is probably not the best place to ask this. Microsoft never could convince tech savy people that their browser had any other function than to download a better browser. The problem was that the vast, vast majority of users did not bother to go that extra step. We are the minority here, it's them that needed the protection.