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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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[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

As long as it's profit, not revenue, even 50% is little.

Once it's revenue and they're in the red will the fine be more than a regular business expense.