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Jun 27 03:09:27 <pabs3> http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/691462
Jun 27 13:05:29 <pabs3> EU is investigating Google over Android (see bottom): http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-17-1784_en.htm
Jun 27 21:53:22 <DocScrutinizer05> ooh? they already sued google today for advertising abuse, I heard
Jun 27 21:54:25 <DocScrutinizer05> ooh, your link has that as headline. nevermind
Jun 27 21:58:11 <DocScrutinizer05> excellent read
Jun 27 21:58:18 <DocScrutinizer05> pabs3: thanks!
Jun 28 01:40:44 <pabs3> DocScrutinizer05: it is an incredibly well written and clear press release
Jun 28 01:40:54 * pabs3 quite surprised at that
Jun 28 01:44:09 <DocScrutinizer05> indeed. Then otoh it's about a few *billion* €. You could excpect they deliver exceptional quality justification n that
Jun 28 01:46:43 <DocScrutinizer05> go figure the public notion was like "maybe they're right about google, but for sure this dude sounds like an asshole that wants to play tricks on google"
Jun 28 01:47:28 <DocScrutinizer05> I wouldn't want to be the dude that wrote such poor press release that turned public mood into pro--google and possibly made the EU lose the case
Jun 28 01:49:20 <DocScrutinizer05> EU (commission) at large isn't too popular in europe recently. So they want to make sure they don't miss a chance to look smart
Jun 28 01:50:28 <DocScrutinizer05> they need to show they care about interests of EU residents
Jun 28 01:54:41 <DocScrutinizer05> if google could spin it like "dear customers, we offer you a service for free but those stupid clerks at EU want make us stop providing that service for you" - this wouldn't result in a happy ending for EU and their case against google
Jun 28 01:56:43 <DocScrutinizer05> the case against facebook re whatsapp was a poor pathetic joke. Suckerberg pays that fine from his candy purse
Jun 28 01:57:33 <DocScrutinizer05> it was how much? 0.1% of what FB paid for whatsapp?
Jun 28 01:58:46 <DocScrutinizer05> https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/facebook-receives-122-million-fine-from-the-european-union/527325/
Jun 28 02:02:46 <DocScrutinizer05> oh 0.5%
Jun 28 02:08:24 <DocScrutinizer05> €2.42 billion against Google sounds at least as if they are serious, and I guess Google will not shrug that away
Jun 28 02:10:31 <DocScrutinizer05> I just wonder what EU can do if google simply refuses to pay. EU won't build a great EU firewall, maybe they tell all companies in EU that they can't tax deduce any payments to google
Jun 28 02:11:53 <DocScrutinizer05> maybe they outlaw business with google completely. That migth hurt google quite a bit
Jun 28 02:34:55 <pabs3> I wonder where the money from the Google fine will go to
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