Legal compliance is a huge part of modern enterprises precisely because of cases like this. Ultimately, everything has a risk/reward analysis, but it factors in heavily.
I often wonder what would happen if Google just refused to pay, or just kept it stuck in legal purgatory as that would be cheaper than paying the fine.
Cases like this always make me wonder how much of the penalty actually changes behavior versus just becoming another cost of doing business.
They definitely affect behavior.
Legal compliance is a huge part of modern enterprises precisely because of cases like this. Ultimately, everything has a risk/reward analysis, but it factors in heavily.
I often wonder what would happen if Google just refused to pay, or just kept it stuck in legal purgatory as that would be cheaper than paying the fine.
It only changes behaviour if the risk of having to pay outweighs the benefit. And Google won't tell what they earned through that I guess.
How much do all the appeals processes cost?
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48758309
tl;dr Google required Android phone manufactures to use Google Search and Chrome.
Ironically, Apple uses Safari on 100% of their phones.
I'm sure Trump is going to retaliate with tariffs. The times when the EU could steal from American companies that easily are over.