Google in 2024: Net profit: $100 billion

The government: "here is a tiny fine that you can't even see in a microscope."

A pi in the face

Doesn't sound like the suit was about the collection at all and just about the data transmission costing users mobile data usage.

Vague articles are vague.

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.

So of the billions they made with that they have to pay a small fee.

Oh noes

Jail them!

That does nothing to help anyone hurt by the actions.

Probably won't have to pay. They're appealing.

Perhaps a post about this in politics? You've piqued my interest.

They're appalling

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).

Oh noes

They're shivering in their boots

Fine needs to be much bigger. All the decision makers that approved it need to be removed and barred from working in the industry

Break the law and pay 0.014% of your market cap, or 0.31% of their 2024 profit.

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).

Alt text: a screenshot from final fantasy tactics with a character saying: “If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only
exists for the lower class.”

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.

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.

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.