• I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    For those wondering how the hell the number got so stupidly large, starting somewhere in 2022:

    The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week.

    By week 20 Google was already “owing” over 1 billion dollars and over 1 trillion by week 30. So expect the funny number to keep growing just because.

    In any case, I don’t think Google will come back to Russia anytime soon. Probably nothing to be gained there anyway.

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      But not nearly as interesting seeing the big number. Also, who is that supposed to be clear to? The raised numbers are so small I can’t even read them on my phone.

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        It’s your phone! You can change the font size or your lemmy client if it renders these numbers incorrectly.

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    So what does this mean for any existing business they do in Russia? I’m thinking mainly android / play store and things like YouTube?

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    To put that into perspective, the World Bank estimates global GDP as around $100 trillion, which is peanuts compared to the prospective fine. Google would therefore have to find more money than exists on Earth to pay Moscow.

    Seems a bit suspect.

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      Oh this is even worse! Imagine if we transitioned to Nation Company states!? The United States of Apple…hey. We don’t gotta change anything…USA! USA!

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        There’s a reason why all the cyberpunk stories are about corporatacracies and/or spacefaring feudalist states running human society in the future. Life imitates art.

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        Probably on the cards at some point when a company exceeds the gdp of a country.

        It’s essentially an asset purchase

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          It’s much cheaper to buy the politicians than the whole country.

      • Agent641@lemmy.world
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        I don’t see the problem, it will be just like the days of company towns, except way bigger, they will control the banks, hospitals, prisons and military, and you cannot leave unless they let you!

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      No. I will not live in a Shadowrun campaign without the dragons and orcs to keep me company. Just no.

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      Thought this was Ludacris so I googled the Russian gdp and google networth and yeah google could legitimately bye Russia with some change.

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        They need Nuclear power plants and think of the passive cooling of a Siberian data=centre!

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    Imagine Google just goes completely rampage mode and buys a fuck ton of drones and these Robot-Dogs with guns attached and lays fucking waste to Russia. This would be such an Deus ex machina to end this war.

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    considering the track record they should start putting “courts” in quotes when discussing Russia.

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    You owe the Russian government $20 that’s you’re problem. You owe the Russian government $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 that’s their problem.

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    “The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week. Owing to compound interest…”