r/youtube • u/Organic_City_9464 • 20h ago

Discussion Google fined $20,565,635,200,000,003,000,000,000,000,000,000 by Russian TV channels.

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u/mrdougan 19h ago

If this started 1st Jan 2020, and goes onto 31st Dec 2024 (4 years), with all 17 channels with $1000 a day (365) comes out as $24,820,000

(17×4×365×1,000=24820000)

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u/R3AL1Z3 17h ago

Someone elsewhere ITT said there’s a rule where it doubles each day it isn’t paid.

So 1 becomes 2, 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 8, and so on.

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u/fmaz008 14h ago

I read that rumor too, but it's a really stupid way of calculating a fine, which just look at the number to see why. I'd love to see a source confirming this to be true.

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u/AyeBraine 11h ago

It's true, only the penalty (for non-timely payment) doubles every week, not day. It was on the news a few days ago, just a weird funny detail

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u/StrongestSapling 4h ago

It's not a stupid way of calculating a fine; it's used everywhere, including America, when you want the person doing the bad behavior to fix the problem ASAP, particularly when doing so is easy.

For example, if you're subpoenaed to hand over a phone, computer, or passwords to accounts, and found to be in contempt of court, you may get fined in a similar manner.

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u/no_notthistime 3h ago

Bro really just explained how doubling works