• db2@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    1.5 million? That’s a rounding error at Google, they’ll still try to evade responsibility but that dollar amount is meaningless to them.

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        20 hours ago

        The precedent that fucking around is going to hurt is what we need set.

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          8 hours ago

          Unfortunately jury trials set no precedent, even if they award damages. So Google can afford to lose because it’s almost always a jury trial.

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        19 hours ago

        IMO the precedent needs to be a proportion or percentage based item, not an arbitrary number. Something big enough to massively hurt, like 30% of this or last years’ post tax profits will be fined and Alphabet and all subsidiaries will be deemed ineligible for any tax waivers, deductions, or credits for a number of years to be determined by a jury, no less than 1 no greater than 100.