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Comment by tommy_axle

5 hours ago

It wouldn't be a first: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_price_fixing_scandal

Total fines of about half a billion. Thats not nothing but it also does not seem like a real disincentive.

Samsung is about to hand out ~$26B in bonuses. SK Hynix something similar-ish.

  • Yes, but for context Samsung is a massive chaebol. You need to compare it to the business unit in question.

    It’s different to, say, Google’s vertical monopoly in advertising where that’s most of their revenue.