2025-12-26 18:24:23

You've gotta see this: Google's quarterly earnings now feature a dedicated line item simply labeled 'European Commission fines'—sitting at $10.5 billion as of Q3. Think about that for a moment. The EU's regulatory machine has gotten so intense that corporate penalties aren't even considered anomalies anymore; they're just... expected business expenses. Line items in financial statements don't lie. So what's really going on in Europe? Is this the cost of aggressive tech regulation, or are we watching an overcorrection that's redefining how global companies operate?

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CryptoComedian

· 2025-12-29 18:06

Laughing and then crying, Google even included the fines in their financial reports. Is this still a surprise? The EU's approach is truly remarkable, turning tech giants into cash cows.

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FrontRunFighter

· 2025-12-29 00:43

ngl this is just the eu's version of sandwich attacks on corporate balance sheets. they found their mev extraction play and google's basically paying the gas fees. $10.5B normalized into earnings statements? that's not regulation anymore, that's just organized rent-seeking with a badge.

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