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for context, that’s 0.04% of the profits Amazon earned in France alone (€9B) in 2022.
Which if my math is correct, at an average US household income of $75k that is equivalent to a whopping $30.
As always, when the fine is less than the extra profits earned by breaking the law that’s just the cost of doing business. Until these fines are like 10x+ the extra profits earned this is going to be the normal.
I’ve always advocated for fines to be assessed as a percentage of global annual revenue.
“Oh, your global revenue was $100B? That will be $1b please.”
EU takes 10% of the profits if rules like GDPR and other Digital acts are breached.
But only at the first offence. The second time they take 20%.
its €10M or 2% turnover whichever is higher, doubling for more sever infringements. Fining based on turnover is the way to go as it eliminates wriggling out of fines and makes them hurt.
The fines need to be large enough to upset the shareholders if they are going to have any effect.
I’d say that the board members also have to have some personal liability (criminal of course, but also limited financial liability and a temporary or permanent ban on serving on any board or executive (legally responsible) position, depending on circumstances. Incentives must be aligned, and not something that they can justify as a cost of doing business.
It’s much less than paying for a parking ticket for a private citizen (cost relative to income).
Basically a mockery of the entire thing.
MAKE FINES HURT.
Oh no, however will Amazon recover from having to pay the equivalent of checks notes a cinema ticket?
They already put ads on Prime Video now and charge $2.99 a month to remove them. Expect it to be higher in a few months if they have to pay this.
Expect it to be higher in a few months
if they have to pay this.they will charge the maximum amount they can, regardless of costs. they always have.
$35 million
Très petit
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yeah the fine is more like a warning telling them to not do this anymore
It’s France and the EU on one side, American business practice on the other.
I don’t want to start a political drama but… What’s the French or EU equivalent and why isn’t it as popular? Or is it? I honestly don’t know but keep asking the question why is Amazon (or Google for that matter) so dominant in their markets even outside the US?
For all the same reasons it’s dominant in the US?
Higher barrier to entry and there’s honestly just too much money in USA (I don’t know how else to say it lol, hope you understand). The amount of efforts required to be even considered underdog against Amazon is stupendously high.
In the Netherlands we have bol.com that is generally more popular for online shopping, but in other countries amazon entered the market pretty early.
I’ve only tried Amazon a few times, but it doesn’t really seem like a quality service so who knows 🤷
They’ll have made that back several times over in the time it took them to send them the fee
'tis but a business expense
Except that they will obviously fine them again and again and again until they comply.
The max fine that can be imposed in such circumstances are enormous.
It also scares other companies from attempting the same bullshit.
Only about 3,000 more billionaires to serve as dragon dinners
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Ok, snowflake
“Nobody wants to work” (for peanuts).
I imagine /s ^
