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by vparikh 956 days ago
This is not going to change anything - Apple makes $109,229 per second(https://tipalti.com/profit-per-second/) - this so called penalty is 3.8 hours of Apple's profit. This is equivalent to a parking ticket for Apple.
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Not that it changes much beyond the US GDP but you labeled the per minute figure per second.

Impact aside, which is should absolutely impact more, I'm almost doubtful the practice is even a net loss for them. ${years} of the hiring practice for an unknown number of individuals may have even been worth more than the fine.

Some other comments note it may have other impacts though, so maybe that's the real influence.