Take some of that money you get fining surveillance-capitalists and use it to fund privacy-respecting libre alternatives
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Fined Facebook €1.2 billion in May 2023
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Fined Facebook €390 million in Jan 2023
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Fined Microsoft €561 million in March 2013
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“fined the company [Google] more than $9 billion for anticompetitive practices since 2017” (2019 article)
Nice idea, I love. But you have to remember, those investigations cost huge time and money. When you consider the cost of a full-time staff over the 10 years, you include. Plus the cost of building a case against some of the largest cooperation. All before any court costs are considered.
We are likely better off having that money reinvested in preventing other companies from these practices.
I don’t think the issues you raise are valid.
It costs more than zero to levy a fine, but we are talking about many billions in income here. Your point would be valid if gathering staff and then fining Google 9 billion were a net zero. It isn’t.
We are likely better off having that money reinvested in preventing other companies from these practices.
Which is what I suggested. The best way to prevent these practices is libre alternatives.
