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Uber hit with a nearly $1 billion fine for automatically deactivating drivers in Europe (www.engadget.com)
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[–] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For a company whose business model is based on breaking the rules, fighting tooth and nail to gain influence, and eventually just paying the fines, I'd image they forecast this and decided the risk/reward was worth it. It's just 2% of annual revenue.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    From the article:

    "This time around, the AP said that the 824.9 million euro fine was calculated as the maximum penalty that's derived from four percent of a company's worldwide annual turnover."

    Annual turnover is revenue, so top line money, before taxes, expenses, etc. They profited a little over $10 billion last year, so a nearly $1 billion fine is a little less than 10% of their profit.

    I wouldn't call it insignificant - as a percentage of profit, it's not bad. But when we're talking about billions, it's still probably not enough to get them to stop.

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