[rajivjain]

The American technology companies are looking increasingly vulnerable especially internationally. Tech companies are the new wave of American mega corporations. I wonder how the mega corporation of past managed to navigate these challenges? Did US government play any role in protecting the US companies? If so, what drove it, more business friendly Washington, more effective lobbying, or something else?

[klabb3]

It's $160M in a country with 600M phones, where 97% of those are Android. Obviously Google doesn't want fines to be public (to avoid encouraging others), but it's not that much money in the greater context.

[whimsicalism]

1% of profit, that is pretty big.

[weberer]

Follow the money

https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/alphabet-inc/summary?id=d00...

[sa1]

East India Company took over the country when needed.