ChatGPT, Roblox to fall under strictest EU rules for platforms

Post by Aurornis » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC

skeptic_ai wrote: post #27

Aurornis wrote: post #26

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> it's literally the cost of buying goods in a variety of places. Not an accurate analogy. This is a fine on sales, not expenditures. It would be like fining you 6% of your pre-tax income, not doubling sales tax on things you buy. > I'd strongly argue that 6% will not correct bad behavior. If the government threatened to take 6% of your pre-tax income if you violated a set of laws, would you laugh it off and refuse t…

Laugh it off. Especially when I can earn a ton more off doing it anyway. 6% is cost of doing business. I’ll earn 50% more by doing the sketchy shit.

Post by ben_w » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC

Ylpertnodi wrote: post #22

atoav wrote: post #9

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I am for more maths in laws like these: frist_fine = 0.06 × anual_global_sales fine(n) = first_fine * n^x And the exponent x is to be chosen by how harsh you want to be. Repeat offenders will quickly run out of money as long as your exponent is reasonably bigger than 1. If we take an exponent of 2 a repeat offense by OpenAI would look like this: 1st offence: EUR 1.50 billion (6%) 2nd offence: EUR 6.00 billion (24%) 3…

If you tell them their expenses beforehand, they'll budget them in, though.

Post by throwayay4929 » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC

himata4113 wrote: post #17

Roblox should be outright banned in the EU or at least the top 100 games all qualify for what would be considered lootboxes/gambling and generally predatory behavior. Basically every single action you can do has a "robux" alternative which is faster/better + boosts cost robux. Then there's the worst of them all: trading card games. Another problem is that nothing carries over between games so as the algorithm shifts…

Post by officialchicken » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC

throwayay4929 wrote: post #34

LoganDark wrote: post #4

> Companies that breach the DSA risk fines of as much as 6% of their annual global sales. It's nuts that this is all they can manage. Like, take 30% or 40% -- that might actually encourage compliance. I think they'll comply, but almost entirely not because of small fines.

"This year the European Union will again make more money from fining US tech companies Than from the total tax income from Europe's own public tech companies!" https://x.com/levelsio/status/2080314960656159018

Post by 3form » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:48 PM UTC

WarmWash wrote: post #25

datakan wrote: post #5

"must also file transparency reports, detail risk mitigation plans and pay an annual fee to the European Commission." This is just another shake down. Quickly becoming the least business friendly place on Earth.

It's all fun and games until you are technologically stunted and entirely dependent on others for it.