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minus-squareI Cast FistlinkfedilinkEnglish75•8 hours agoFor those wondering how the hell the number got so stupidly large, starting somewhere in 2022: The court imposed a fine of 100 thousand rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week. By week 20 Google was already “owing” over 1 billion dollars and over 1 trillion by week 30. So expect the funny number to keep growing just because. In any case, I don’t think Google will come back to Russia anytime soon. Probably nothing to be gained there anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•12 minutes agoDoubling every week means an interest rate of almost 5 × 1017 %. That can barely offset the ruble’s inflation.
minus-square@AnUnusualReliclinkEnglish6•5 hours agoI thought some court clerk had fallen asleep writing out zeroes and that’s what they’d ended up with.
For those wondering how the hell the number got so stupidly large, starting somewhere in 2022:
By week 20 Google was already “owing” over 1 billion dollars and over 1 trillion by week 30. So expect the funny number to keep growing just because.
In any case, I don’t think Google will come back to Russia anytime soon. Probably nothing to be gained there anyway.
Doubling every week means an interest rate of almost 5 × 1017 %. That can barely offset the ruble’s inflation.
I thought some court clerk had fallen asleep writing out zeroes and that’s what they’d ended up with.