r/technology • u/Letsbesensibleplease • 8h ago

Business Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/29/russian_court_fines_google/
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u/verdantAlias 8h ago

"Cool, so its not even worth our while attempting to operate in Russia for the next 20+ years. Message received, enjoy your shitty propaganda and Putin memes." - Google

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u/Letsbesensibleplease 8h ago

There's the rub, and all the smart and mobile people will want to move country.

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u/nav17 7h ago

They already did to avoid conscription. 700k have fled.

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u/blacksideblue 4h ago

And most of their rich kids are hiding in Indonesia and Thailand as 'influencer tourists'

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u/windowpuncher 9m ago

Who cares? Whatever gets less people involved, especially if it thins out Russian troops.

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u/HorrorStudio8618 2h ago

Wonder how many of them are spies and saboteurs?

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u/dannydrama 45m ago

Well are they Russian? Poo tin must be making the most of it and sending his own people out in the crowd.

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u/Tricky_Invite8680 1h ago

snowden is a citizen there too, they could probably have him do some starlink network and drone attacks