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Opt in you mean, like the cookie banners? Oh no that'll never happen because VW are a European company and the money is in fining US tech companies!

• rad_gruchalski 2y ago
  European companies get fined the same as any other companies.
  • hyhconito 2y ago
    Well within the constraints they set out which exclude a hell of a lot of European companies. (I am in Europe for reference, this is not an external perspective)
    • 7bit 2y ago
      What constraints? And which companies are excluded by them?
    • mtmail 2y ago
      https://www.enforcementtracker.com/?insights https://www.enforcementtracker.com/?insights shows breakdown by country, type, industry sector. "Highest fines: individual" top 10 list is all international companies (Meta, Amazon, TikTok, LinkedIn, Uber) and those make the news. Smaller European companies hardly make the news.
• adolph 2y ago
  VW paid "$14.7 billion to settle civil charges in the United States" and was ordered "to pay a $2.8 billion criminal fine for 'rigging diesel-powered vehicles to cheat on government emissions tests'." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal
  • betaby 2y ago
    "Seems low" and "cost of doing business" - paraphrasing any thread about US company. Could also says "VW should be sued out of existence". Also I genuinely think those fines were low.
    • RajT88 2y ago
      The fact that it did not seem to stunt their growth speaks for itself: https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/VWAGY/volkswagen-ag/gross-profit https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/VWAGY/volkswagen-a...