xc2215x@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoKick faces possible $49 M fine after French streamer Jean Pormanove dies on airwww.dexerto.comexternal-linkmessage-square84fedilinkarrow-up1349arrow-down19
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minus-squareagelord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down2·19 days ago$49 M fine? So, basically, legal for a fee?
minus-squareBane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·19 days agoI googled and apparently kick has been doing 180 million revenue yearly, so this is refreshingly high in terms of a fine.
minus-squarelocalhorst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down11·19 days agoSo they can do this 3.5 more times before it starts costing them money?!
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·19 days agoRevenue != profit Depending on margins, it can make a company unprofitable pretty quick if they’re hit by a fine of nearly 30% of their revenue.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-218 days agoI mean, Kick probably could be suspending people who stream for an unhealthily long time, maybe suspend his abusive friends, but they didn’t force him to take any actions resulting in his death imo. What exactly is the crime?
$49 M fine? So, basically, legal for a fee?
I googled and apparently kick has been doing 180 million revenue yearly, so this is refreshingly high in terms of a fine.
So they can do this 3.5 more times before it starts costing them money?!
Revenue != profit
Depending on margins, it can make a company unprofitable pretty quick if they’re hit by a fine of nearly 30% of their revenue.
Yes
I mean, Kick probably could be suspending people who stream for an unhealthily long time, maybe suspend his abusive friends, but they didn’t force him to take any actions resulting in his death imo.
What exactly is the crime?