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>the penalties can be more than a slap on the wrist

Because they are not intended to be punitive, they are designed to be extractive as an optional and arbitrary revenue stream.

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The suggestions are trivially implementable. Thus the penalties are educational and instructive in the direction of a more open ecosystem for all.

I think thats unlikely since they can extract revenue any time they want by other mechanisms. The desire here is to control the surface of enagement in their jurisdiction not revenue. Very little income is acquired for the state through court action, Taxation cases aside.

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