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Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million (www.theverge.com)
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[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 79 points 2 days ago (1 children)

$375 million

That fine's a slap on the wrist with a kiss on the forehead

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 40 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Right?! Meta's valued at 1.5T... So 0.025%

If someone makes $100k, that's an equivalent of a $25 fine.

[–] dan@upvote.au 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I get your point, but those are two different values. The first is total value of the company (which you could probably compare to someone's net worth) while the second is yearly income.

Meta's annual profit is $60.46 billion and revenue is $200 billion.

[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

So, if maths on a sunday morning don't fail me, for a person making 100k yearly, that's a $625 fine more or less. A slap in the wrist and a kiss in the forehead.

[–] testaccount372920@piefed.zip 12 points 2 days ago

No no no, a person having 100k left after expenses. They mentioned profit, not revenue. So a really soft, tiny slap on the wrist, barely noticable.

[–] dan@upvote.au 3 points 2 days ago

Right. I don't disagree with you.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

So 375 million will still only be a slap on the wrist.