You’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
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Whitebrow@lemmy.world 1 day agoAlmost 100 billion revenue last year.
250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?
Yeah. That’s nothing to them.
onslaught545@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Want to fine Twitter 10% for something horrible they did in 2020 using their net profit? You now owe Twitter 113 million.
despoticruin@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
That’s why they said revenue, not profit. You never go for the net. Always go for the gross.
bisby@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Or, y’know, don’t do illegal things and it doesn’t matter. That’s the point of fines being a deterrent
eierkuchen@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Well, net income already had plummeted 52% then. Let’s see 2025 figures. Sales are down, down, down…
int32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
it never is. fines should be a percentage of the value of the company, not just some sum.
Attacker94@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Value can easily be manipulated, it really should be based on 15% ish of their gross income
123@programming.dev 23 hours ago
Or value, or XYZ whatever is largest.
Attacker94@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
In theory I agree, in practice I despise laws that are needlessly wordy, and including a whichever is larger clause will add on an unnecessary element since gross income can only be abused with tax credit shenanigans which aren’t very over the top, and if I had my way wouldn’t exist at all(fairy tale I know)