Mazdak@lemmy.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle has agreed to pay $700 million in an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumersbig.communityexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down13
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minus-squareShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down2·edit-21 year ago$700 million that’ll teach Google. Out of curiosity, what was Google’s 2022 profit? …279.8 billion This fine represents less than 0.25% of Google’s profit. So I guess Google won’t learn their lesson. Edit: Fix link
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoRevenue =/= profit. Also, that’s just one year.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoI mean, show that to OP, not me.
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agothat’s the equivalent of a couple sacks of groceries or a tank of gas for many of us.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoNot to be a dick, but I think it’s very slightly more than 0.25%.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI don’t think we need much more resolution than 25/10000…
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year ago$280B can buy lots of peanuts.
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGoogle earns about $60 billion/year. It will take Google a little over 4 days to make up the difference.
$700 million that’ll teach Google. Out of curiosity, what was Google’s 2022 profit?
…279.8 billion This fine represents less than 0.25% of Google’s profit. So I guess Google won’t learn their lesson.
Edit: Fix link
Cost of doing business
Revenue =/= profit. Also, that’s just one year.
I mean, show that to OP, not me.
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that’s the equivalent of a couple sacks of groceries or a tank of gas for many of us.
Not to be a dick, but I think it’s very slightly more than 0.25%.
I don’t think we need much more resolution than 25/10000…
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$280B can buy lots of peanuts.
Google earns about $60 billion/year. It will take Google a little over 4 days to make up the difference.