They can appeal it to hell and back and negotiate installments. They can do a lot.
They already have a legal team. This is just the cost of doing business.
Meta is a tumor that has to be cut down from society but I think we all know it's not happening. Either too much money is promised through lobbying, or the policy-makers are asleep at the wheel.
> I think the winds have shifted for tech companies. They are no longer plucky young startups, but they are billion dollar companies raking in profits.
"What has happened before will happen again. What has been done before will be done again. There is nothing new in the whole world."
Microsoft was also once a plucky young startup. And Apple, and Oracle, and Dell, and…
> They are no longer plucky young startups, but they are billion dollar companies raking in profits.
True, and exactly because of that they have much more leverage.
The only true wind shift would be for the regulators to get sick of their crap and start hitting hard at the first sign of misdemeanor. And that's the part I am skeptical about.
They can appeal it to hell and back and negotiate installments. They can do a lot.
They already have a legal team. This is just the cost of doing business.
Meta is a tumor that has to be cut down from society but I think we all know it's not happening. Either too much money is promised through lobbying, or the policy-makers are asleep at the wheel.