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Kindness ,

Depends on how big the fine is. Anything with an ‘m’ instead of a ‘b’ is just the cost of doing business.

besbin ,

At this point a case need to be hundred of “b” to be more than cost of doing business for Apple. The ‘m’ fine are just rounding errors

Kindness ,

Apple grosses between 150b and 170b annually.

Demanding they pay more than they make in a year would lead to a 3 trillion dollar company going to war against their government. And not just a court battle. We are nearing the point at which corporations can contest with governments.

Imagine the entire next generation being brainwashed into disrupting supply chains. Gen Z children sabotaging transportation routes, physically protesting, because their status symbol told them the government was corrupt.

Could the USA take Apple? Yes. But that’s a fight they’d be wise to not incite.

captain_aggravated ,
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I think the United States government has more battlefield artillery and strategic air power than Apple.

Corkyskog ,

Unfortunately those things never matter when the contest comes from within

Kindness ,

Exactly. Apple is literally half of the US government’s current propaganda conduit.

Not to mention, if you’ve got even 1 billion USD to burn, you can hire one heck of a merc. group.

helenslunch ,
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Probably not but glad to see they’re trying

Hjalamanger ,
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Maybe you should just have something like the DMA in the US to?

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