Betting they paid more than that much just to their legal teams to make this go away. Fines are nothing to them, and these fines are particularly pitiful.
Lot of gloating coming here. This will not be good. Point in case, imgur is no longer available in UK. You will be required to prove your age to use YouTube, you will be limited to the amount of YT you can watch .
For everyone complaining that this, singular, case is nothing to these corporations? You are right. But it paves the way for OTHERS to follow, which will hurt them.
sakm
Betting they paid more than that much just to their legal teams to make this go away. Fines are nothing to them, and these fines are particularly pitiful.
d3jake
Except even if they spend 2.5mil in appeals to pay a fraction of a percent of the 3mil, they've still saved money.
Roguishpotato
NightOwlRally
Oh wow, three whole million dollars! Boy, that'll show them!
Make it fucking $3,000,000,000, force them the liquidate their assets and make that shit hurt instead of smacking them on the wrist.
Clockworkdancerobot
Really should be a B and add a few zeros. Some Jail time.
pm1001
Lot of gloating coming here. This will not be good. Point in case, imgur is no longer available in UK. You will be required to prove your age to use YouTube, you will be limited to the amount of YT you can watch .
Goldmarble
For everyone complaining that this, singular, case is nothing to these corporations? You are right. But it paves the way for OTHERS to follow, which will hurt them.
taez555
Meta makes $550 million per day, Google makes $1.1 billion per day. This settlement is the equivalent of 6 minutes and 2 seconds for them.
Roguishpotato
True, but will that not open up more claims for other potential victims? Surely they will start feeling the pressure?
Metalsmith21
And they'll still appeal to get the compensation amount down until it just become a minor tax.
spontaneous9
Pocket change. Beer & pizza money to those dudes.
RetrogradeLlama
More importantly, it sets a precedent. They’re going to lose a lot more lawsuits… Or just settle with a lot of people.
spontaneous9
True enough, but it's barely a fender scratch. We'll see whether &/or how they dodge the actual collision damage.