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by irishcoffee 155 days ago
Is it relevant?

"Sorry Netherlands, despite trying to expand into the global market more, this 1.1m fine is just too much."

This fine is a rounding error for any big games studio.

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If the fine for operating unlawfully in the Netherlands is more than the profit, not revenue, from operating in the Netherlands, that it is a reason to stop operating unlawfully in the Netherlands for even the most hard-nosed of businesses.

If Epic wishes to operate at a loss in the Netherlands because this is a rounding error, that's their problem.

They don't even have an office in the Netherlands. I'm not entirely sure they even have employees in the Netherlands. If they've made a net profit over 1.1m in the Netherlands, and I'll bet you $1.1 they have, they did not operate at a loss.

This fine is a joke.