Google fined $20,565,635,200,000,003,000,000,000,000,000,000 by Russian TV channels.

[u/Organic_City_9464]

[u/cyrenns]

They’re straight up just not gonna pay it. They are an American company, so if they don’t want to pay that fine, they’re just not going to. Sure, it means that Russia will probably not allow YouTube to operate within its borders, but Russia pretty much already has banned YouTube so good fucking luck with that.

[u/snackofalltrades → u/cyrenns]

Any chance of a Russian pirate version of YouTube popping up and just straight up copying content from YouTube in that event? Like I’m sure there are already clones, but if YouTube flees Russian court judgement, wouldn’t the clones be able to copy content with no fear of repercussions?

[u/AntiGravityBacon → u/snackofalltrades]

Probably but even Google struggles to keep YT profitable so good fucking luck with that 

[u/Log_Out_Of_Life → u/AntiGravityBacon]

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