Bingo. The fines for these behemoths are pathetic. “I know what will work, let’s shake them down for the lunch money!”
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frunch@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Perhaps they’ll be fined 1/4 day’s profits and carry on like nothing happened ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 5 months ago
xektop@lemmy.world 5 months ago
What could work is to impose a daily progressing fine until the firmware change Is reversed and 3rd party ink Is allowed again.
andallthat@lemmy.world 5 months ago
printing all that paper in order to sue them probably ended up costing more than their fine
CurbsTickle@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep. Needs to be tied to profit for the action at a minimum, and should be gross not net. Because net can be manipulated too easily.
But instead it’s just a cost of doing (shitty) business.