Comment on Apple Terminated Epic’s Developer Account

• Aux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  $2B is actually 2% of their profit. That’s 7.3 days.

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ah yes but those people love money so much, they are probably devastated.🤪

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  • Aux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So you wouldn’t mind if 2% of your yearly salary after tax would disappear, right?

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Buff

      That’s a false comparison. Salary after tax is not comparable to profit. Profit is after ALL expenses. So if I did something really really stupid, and was fined 2% after ALL expenses, I’d say I got off easy.

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      • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Really, it’s just an asshole tax. Most restaurants these days have extra fees that exceed 2% just because. Hell, once upon a time, a 15% tip was given for great service. Now it seems like 20-22% is often the lowest in the recommended tip section. 2% of extra money is nothing, especially when the fine is less than what was earned from the infraction. It’s a lot easier to stomach a 2 billion dollar fine, when you earned 4 billion because of it.

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      • Aux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No, it’s not false.

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      • General_Effort@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Think of some small family owned business, like a ma and pa shop. What they have after all expenses, the profit, is what they live off. That’s their “salary”.

        What you have left after all expenses is your savings. In a business, savings would be an investment, which does not count as profit.

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    • Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      2% of nothing is still nothing 🤷

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      • Aux@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m glad you will sacrifice your salary for the greater good!

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