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minus-squareWhitebrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down1·14 hours agoAlmost 100 billion revenue last year. 250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%? Yeah. That’s nothing to them.
minus-squareInt32@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·14 hours agoit never is. fines should be a percentage of the value of the company, not just some sum.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·13 hours agoYou’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
minus-squarebisby@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoOr, y’know, don’t do illegal things and it doesn’t matter. That’s the point of fines being a deterrent
minus-squareJohnEdwa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·13 hours agoWant to fine Twitter 10% for something horrible they did in 2020 using their net profit? You now owe Twitter 113 million.
minus-squareeierkuchen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoWell, net income already had plummeted 52% then. Let’s see 2025 figures. Sales are down, down, down…
Almost 100 billion revenue last year.
250 million of 100 billion is what… 0.25%?
Yeah. That’s nothing to them.
it never is. fines should be a percentage of the value of the company, not just some sum.
You’d need to do the math on net profit. Gross revenue is a pretty meaningless figure on its own.
Or, y’know, don’t do illegal things and it doesn’t matter. That’s the point of fines being a deterrent
Want to fine Twitter 10% for something horrible they did in 2020 using their net profit? You now owe Twitter 113 million.
Well, net income already had plummeted 52% then. Let’s see 2025 figures. Sales are down, down, down…