Who decides what is legal tender in the EU?
The parent comment was a joke it it wasn't clear. A call for malicious compliance given the abject subjectivity of the ruling here. It also illustrates how the pettiness displayed by European entities acting hostile towards western tech companies while ignoring alarming abuses by Chinese companies is silly and dangerous.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind and all that, extend this petty exchange that the rulers of the EU at present seem hell bent on, and we lose so much as a society for negative gain.
What about the pettiness of making shit up when you get caught cheating?
Europe is a democracy following the rule of law. The laws are public and everyone can know whether they comply or not. If US companies can't bother to conduct business legally, then they deserve the fines.
If I was an US citizen, I would be more concerned about how the Silicon valley became a hotbed of fraudulent activity [1][2][3] and the impact it will end up having on promising new tech, companies and employees.
[1]: https://www.adweek.com/media/concern-over-google-ad-auction/
[2]: https://www.axios.com/2022/01/18/google-facebook-conspired-m...
[3]: https://www.reuters.com/business/uber-ex-security-chief-accu...
Before dragging your ass into making another silly point thats not being debated here, could you please read the thread and understand the law that Google apparently violated here and what part of the court ruling is black or white and not subjectively parsed to the point of hilarity ?
And once you're done with that, go educate yourself on what the difference between a democracy and reality is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_Union_member_...