These settlements are always peanuts.
$50 million? For Facebook?
In German they'd say: "it doesn't even give them an itch".
MisterFrog
joined 2 years ago
let alone Taiwan
Taiwan's issue with the mainland's encroachment of their airspace notwithstanding, my "um akchually" note here is that Taiwan claims roughly the same islands in the South China sea, as a hangover of their "we are the real china and there is only one China" stance, and that the claim was made before the civil war:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_disputes_in_the_South_China_Sea
If I were to guess, they probably don't bother updating their claim since it may needlessly antagonise the mainland, someone more knowledgeable may correct me on that.
Xi Jing Ping is playing 4D Go
Unless it's run by the state, then part of the money will go towards profit.
So, a bit dumb, if you ask me.
Think it's time we nationalised them. They've been doing dodgy shit for years.
The fact people still think this show will be able to go on forever grinds my gears.
Humans avoiding doing things against their own collective self-interest. Challenge: impossible.
Well, when the regulator goes "have you complained to the company yet??m" as a standard first step before you can make a report, you know nothing is getting enforced.
Optus, for example, has gotten extremely small fines.
Nothing is going to change unless the cost is higher than the profit.
We as individual consumers can do very little by ourselves.
You don't "have to" but you often do, if you don't want to make your life a pain in the arse.
It's basically take it or leave it. And I just don't think that's good enough.
I hate how there's only mention of removing their numbers from the AFP.
Why do we allow these lists and practices to exist in the first place?
It's high time we actually start regulating data collection and use to something resembling common sense, and not allow anyone to "consent-wall" their services behind terms and conditions that allow for inappropriate collection and use of data.
I shouldn't have to agree to marketing messages when I order dinner via a QR menu. I shouldn't have to give Meta access to all my contact in order to use WhatsApp (I don't, by using a work profile with no contacts on it, but this is a workaround), etc.
Time for some reason consumer protections made for the modern age, and not this silly tinkering around the edges with having them disclose how they use your data, maybe, with barely any consequences when they lose it all (see, Optus and other companies, many, many times).
Where are the fines? Where are the regulations?
I'm sick of this.
Wow, this is welcome news. I 100% expected the Libs to go along with it
Not raise, but bring up to levels road users were previously paying.
Road maintenance doesn't stop being required just because you've stopped burning oil.
Road users should pay to use the road (it's not even the full price of the road, and the money goes towards tax revenue, unlike our stupid toll roads)
Indeed, this would require quality builds to change people's minds. Which would cut into the developer's profits
I live in a pretty decent one myself though. I love it
(it's satire)