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2035: Apple takes 30% of my Patreon, Google matched it through their "Competitive Parity Agreement," and the EU fined them both €2 billion which they paid in 45
by cong-or 8mo ago
2035: Apple takes 30% of my Patreon, Google matched it through their "Competitive Parity Agreement," and the EU fined them both €2 billion which they paid in 45 minutes of revenue then raised fees to 32% to cover legal costs.
The real innovation was convincing us this was inevitable.
- Rygian 8mo agoYou naively assumed that they would actualy disbourse 2 G€ in payments for those fines. Reality disagrees: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/12/13/data-regulator-collects-fraction-of-fines-levied/ https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2024/12/13/data-regulato...