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0 pointsAnthonyMouse7y ago0 comments

> Microsoft had to have a browser choice screen the first time you tried to use IE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu

And if that actually restores competition then you don't need a five billion dollar fine.

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DenisM7y ago

Both punitive and compensatory/reparation measures habevtgeir place.

AnthonyMouseOP7y ago

It's a matter of proportionality. A punishment that is the economic equivalent of the destruction of a small city is proportional to something on the order of mass murder, not the prominence of certain information on a company's web page.

Radle7y ago

If a company creates damages exceeding billions of dollars, it's quite obvious that they should receive penalty worth billions of dollars.

That's basic proportionality.

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