Comment on Kick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on air
agelord@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
$49 M fine? So, basically, legal for a fee?
Yes. I saw a video on getting around Flock’s AI cameras and he mentions the numerous million dollar lawsuits that regularly result from misuse of their data and the glitches that cause people to have guns pointed at their heads by police.
It is a cost of doing business. Saying ‘I’ll sue you!’ To them is as threatening as charging someone a little extra for that order of coffee they made.
I mean, Kick probably could be suspending people who stream for an unhealthily long time, maybe suspend his abusive friends, but they didn’t force him to take any actions resulting in his death imo.
cost of doing business, as part of thier budget.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I googled and apparently kick has been doing 180 million revenue yearly, so this is refreshingly high in terms of a fine.
localhorst@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
So they can do this 3.5 more times before it starts costing them money?!
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Revenue != profit
Depending on margins, it can make a company unprofitable pretty quick if they’re hit by a fine of nearly 30% of their revenue.
Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Yes