To everyone saying “this isn’t possible for Google to pay” really need to take a step back and realize that there’s always a way.
Given the amount of money we’re talking, it would only take a tiny fraction of that money for Google to deliver a series of small asteroids directly to Russia. Depending on the asteroid, and the conversion rates, Russia might consider the debt paid after a single delivery.
just tell them it’s in the mail, google.
Meh. This is but a fraction of what the big media companies think the world owes them for piracy.
virtucon alone is worth at least $20 decillion
Imagine how much google has robbed from USA.
And the fact that Google didn’t pay them more money than exists in the world will be why Russia blocks Google’s operations in the country and seizes every bit of property they can get their hands on that they say was even vaguely related to Google’s operations. They didn’t even bother with a realistic number, because in the end they don’t really care who does or doesn’t believe them.
They didn’t start with that fine, it was just compounding interest
The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week.
And regardless, Russia can’t block Google’s operations in Russia because Google isn’t operating in Russia since the war. Russia is trying to fire Google when Google quit 2 years ago.
April 1st came early
Comedy gold.
Wonder if this is just the website not being able to cut the number in half, or whether they did this on purpose
The Register kind-of models itself after a tabloid style so has deliberately jokey headlines. It’s been around a long time (I read it in the 90s) and seems to have quality underneath the humor.
Possibly the only remaining place where you can read the word “boffins” regularly.
I feel like its on purpose but i also feel like web designers are often incompetent with stuff like that. So im undecided.
To be fair the browser default for stuff like this is often kind of bad. Like browsers would rather give you a scroll bar than do a word break (and I can pretty much guarantee that’s what’s happened here as I can scroll right and see the full number).
Maybe the boss said, “Remove wordwrap in headline text for this post.”
Or do. It’s not like people care if he breathes.
they could just go for googol dollars
Maybe they meant rubles. I think I may find that value in my couch.
What’s that number in words? Sure. I could use Google, but they just got fined by Russia for $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 so can they really be trusted?
2 x 10^34 for those people who like to use numbers to represent numbers in a sane way.
Being fined by Russia is actually a positive stamp of approval in my book!
20 Decillion
What’s that number in words?
Per the article, it’s 20 decillion.
Google would therefore have to find more money than exists on Earth to pay Moscow
Well to be fair, I do think it’s plausible that one day Google will indeed control all the money in the world.
I was going to say Russia must love humiliating themselves but I guess this is painfully obvious the past 2 years
They know this is impossible - even with their worthless currency. I guess they will soon provide their own services or they will revoke internet access from their citizens.
According to the Article:
Google in Russia has been inactive since 2022 after the search giant effectively pulled out of the country following Putin’s special military operation.
I guess they will soon provide their own services
Is Yandex not state run? It does everything, the way Musk wants Xitter to, and then some.
It is not only more Rubles than currently exists, but more money than currently exists in any currency 😂
What you don’t need Google to access internet
Yes, but users with basic knowledge don’t even get the difference between a web browser and a search engine. Shutting down Google seems like a perfect “simple” explanation for a general digital lockdown.
You’re describing users without basic knowledge.
