Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>I still think <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> 's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fines</span></a> are <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c31PADux6sU&t=155s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>not a real</em></a> "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/penalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>penalty</span></a>"! </p><ul><li>Banning <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and/or jailing it's C-level in contempt until they comply would be.</li></ul><p>After all, if I were to do the same shit [hypothetically, as a small and/or domestic business in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>] I'd soon face a judge dismantling my business as a <em>"criminal enterprise"</em> and stripping it for assets to pay damages, alongside confiscating any profits made.</p><ul><li>€500M sounds like a lot, but a <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TrillionDollarCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrillionDollarCompany</span></a></em> like Apple will just file these as <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/losses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>losses</span></a>"</em> or <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OperationalCosts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OperationalCosts</span></a>"</em> in their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> and thus reduce their already low <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> bill even more. </li></ul><p>Remember: <em>If the penalty for a crime is a fine it's only illegal for the poor!</em></p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalMarketsAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalMarketsAct</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUDMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUDMA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EUcomission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EUcomission</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fine</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competition</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a></p>