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squarefan80 t1_iy9yi2p wrote

Reply to comment by ineedabuttrub in Google has to pay $9.4 million because it paid people to say they liked the Pixel 4 by RunOrDieTrying

which is why these fees need to be percentage in nature and not fixed; be it yearly earnings or held assets. make the ‘cost of doing business’ actually debilitating so they actually have to consider their actions.

yeah. pipe dream, i know…

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dizorkmage t1_iya5hwz wrote

I'm just tired of pretending, bring on the corporate overloards, least then I'll get my blade runner sex robot, some cyber punk implants and waste some xenomorphs in space.

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BaronMostaza t1_iycre90 wrote

Hope you like used implants and refurbished sex robots from the scrap heap because that's the best you might eventually afford

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forgotten_tomato t1_iybf2h4 wrote

you are asking lawmakers punish the very orgs that donates money to them. this is all a show for us plebs

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squarefan80 t1_iydd781 wrote

yeah. gods forbid some reason, common sense and decency in lawmaking.

only half /s

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forgotten_tomato t1_iyebbiy wrote

It's depressing to think about. The monkeys at the top exploit and uses the monkeys down below for their own benefit.

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TheThingsWeMake t1_iya8mxt wrote

In this case it just makes this method of marketing non-viable, so in theory does what the fine is meant to. But yeah I'm not so naive to think they won't just do some other shady trick next time.

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