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Of course they will decide to leave the market twice as big (population wise) as US' one


That's what I'm saying... the EU could probably double or triple these fine levels, easy, before Google decides this isn't worth just factoring into cost-of-business.

Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them...


Google would probably keep operating at a loss just to prevent competitors from seizing the market and using that to fuel growth in the rest of the world. Better to take a loss and keep everyone else small.


> Of course, if the laws are structured fairly, such steep fine levels would absolutely cripple domestic software companies that ran afoul of them...

Scaling to revenue isn't unfair. It's how you properly scare multinationals into compliance.




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