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I know this response happens every time a #BigTech company gets fined, but I feel like this is like even more ridiculously small?

Forget Apple, most multinational companies could absorb a 2 million dollar fine without even needing to bring it up to the CFO.

This quote just seems kinda silly with the amount

>Apple needs to understand that in Brazil, there are solid consumer protection laws and institutions. It needs to respect these laws and these institutions.

Yeah Apple has really had the law laid on them with this massive fine.



Let's see. 111.4 billion dollars of revenue last quarter.

2 million dollars/(111.4 billion dollars per 0.25 years) ≈ 2.36 minutes of revenue. Yup, that'll show 'em.




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