Google hit with $314m fine for collecting data from idle Android phones without permission
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Google in 2024: Net profit: $100 billion
The government: "here is a tiny fine that you can't even see in a microscope."
That does nothing to help anyone hurt by the actions.
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So of the billions they made with that they have to pay a small fee.
Oh noes
Jail them!
Probably won't have to pay. They're appealing.
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That's 1/85 of the watch that Ramzan Kadyrov's son sported on his wedding.
Or one can just compare it to the share of Google's profits in California.
Perhaps a post about this in politics? You've piqued my interest.
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Probably won't have to pay. They're appealing.
They're appalling
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Perhaps a post about this in politics? You've piqued my interest.
I don't know, it's Russian news mostly, just impressed plenty of people enough to say "yeah, this is bad, time to flee" (because this basically means that people in power don't expect anything even resembling rule of law in the next few decades ; some sort of thief feudalism, like the "political system" Gypsies have when left to themselves, and I don't hate Gypsies, but I also don't like a few things associated with their cultures).
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Oh noes
They're shivering in their boots
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So of the billions they made with that they have to pay a small fee.
Oh noes
Jail them!
Fine needs to be much bigger. All the decision makers that approved it need to be removed and barred from working in the industry
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Break the law and pay 0.014% of your market cap, or 0.31% of their 2024 profit.
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I don't know, it's Russian news mostly, just impressed plenty of people enough to say "yeah, this is bad, time to flee" (because this basically means that people in power don't expect anything even resembling rule of law in the next few decades ; some sort of thief feudalism, like the "political system" Gypsies have when left to themselves, and I don't hate Gypsies, but I also don't like a few things associated with their cultures).
I'm extremely interested. Perhaps somewhere on a niche instance?
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I'm extremely interested. Perhaps somewhere on a niche instance?
It doesn't come up in search on Lemmy, at least everything by "Adam Kadyrov" is about some special forces training event or him beating someone.
If a link in Russian will do (Google Translate?), then https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2025/06/30/26158466.shtml , maybe?
The wedding also involved shooting into the air from a G-Wagon and polarized sunglasses (OK, that part is really not that strange, it's basic convenience and fashion everywhere around Caucasus ; just wanted to communicate the atmosphere).
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So when are we all finally going to ditch Google/Apple and move on to actual FOSS phones like Librem5 or Fairphone?
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So when are we all finally going to ditch Google/Apple and move on to actual FOSS phones like Librem5 or Fairphone?
When they are good.
Another problem I have is multifactor apps. Can I get duo on a Linux phone? Or banking apps? Some software sends notifications to the phone to log in on a computer, for example.
I'm sure I could get around it, but ultimately I just want a good camera.
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When they are good.
Another problem I have is multifactor apps. Can I get duo on a Linux phone? Or banking apps? Some software sends notifications to the phone to log in on a computer, for example.
I'm sure I could get around it, but ultimately I just want a good camera.
Yeah, I need to know that Microsoft authenticator, duo mobile, all banking and trading apps, Venmo, and steam guard work on Linux. I know a lot of banking apps do, but if duo mobile doesn't, I'm locked out of my work.
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Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.
This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.
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They're appalling
They're impaling
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Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.
This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.
Google made 100 billion last year.
300 million is barely a blip.
The fine should have been 30 billion.
if the fines arent big enough to seriously hurt a company, Then the fines are not big enough to change their behavior.
They just become a tax on evil.
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That does nothing to help anyone hurt by the actions.
Hey, they're gonna get their $2.97 checks. That's a gallon of gas somewhere.
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So when are we all finally going to ditch Google/Apple and move on to actual FOSS phones like Librem5 or Fairphone?
Fairphone is FOSS??
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Fairphone is FOSS??
They submitted kernel patches for (at least some) support of the FP6 the day it released. The preinstalled OS isn't FOSS though a good few FOSS OSs/distros support their older phones (and presumably the FP6 eventually).
So the answer is... sort of? Personally I just think they're just FOSS-friendly
