Comment on Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission
modifier@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.
This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 days ago
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.
Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 6 days ago
If you earn like 100k a year its like being slapped with a 300 $ fine just to put it into perspective.
onesixone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
100k AFTER all your expenses.
glorptex@lemmy.world 6 days ago
They should definitely be higher than what they are, even the GDPR fines are a joke, its likely added to a line “legal expenses” in their expenses.
While it looks like the EU fines are ramping up over time, it still just feels silly right now. But I guess that is intentional.
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
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.
drhodl@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Because all the “slap on the wrist” fines have worked so well to modify corporate rapism… /s
Squizzy@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yeah I’d agree that there is a lack of enforcement in some aspects but moreso a lack of regulation and legislation in others.
There needs to be a better commitment to addressing trends in capitalism than reacting to their overstepping.