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Equivalent to: ordinary person fined $0.62 for littering.

It's over half of Google's estimated annual revenue in France. Not sure how you did that calculation, but if someone confiscated half your income it would not be much like a 62 cent fine.

> It's over half of Google's estimated annual revenue in France.

That doesn't sound plausible. Do you have a source?

Google doesn't break out the numbers by country. There are various estimates from 200M to 1000M. Either way this is a hefty fine, especially since France finds a new 9 digit fine to levy every year.

GDPR fines can go up to 4% of global revenue so the 62 cent comparison seems apt.

You only make $15.50 in a year?

Also does it make sense for you that one region can make fines based on global revenue? Would it be OK if Iceland also gave companies fines based on global revenue rather than the revenue they have in Iceland?

Yes it does make sense. Follow the rules, or pay the price - simples.

More like a headline: "ordinary person <name> fined 0.62 for littering".

Would I like to litter, the fine would be slightly annoying (maybe worth busting my ass to a proper trashcan to avoid this fine), but also being in the news about it.

So what platforms are currently serving most of the news? I believe the number is well over 50% of the news is served through Facebook and Google, but I struggle with finding an actual number on it. In any case, I'm sure there are plenty of ways to push down any negative news surrounding their own platforms.

I don't think Google and Facebook are very concerned about having minor headlines about cookie-related fines. The users who would react negatively to this already don't trust them and those who trust them either don't understand the issue or don't care.

You're right, unfortunately. I hope this adds up but I'm not myself convinced.

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