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Apple's revenue: $400 Billion.

Meet Alex Roman. He is part of the 6 most powerful men running the Apple Corporate Empire.

Vice-President of Finance. One of the very few people with access to Tim Cook's personal office. Roman's job is squeezing App developers and ensuring iOS users can never escape the Apple store.

He testified in front of a California court to defend Apple fees.

The judge said he lied under oath. She says he is taking her for a fool.

From the Court decision:

In stark contrast to Apple’s initial in-court testimony, contemporaneous business documents reveal that Apple knew exactly what it was doing and at every turn chose the most anticompetitive option.*

To hide the truth, Apple's Vice-President of Finance, Alex Roman, outright lied under oath.

Internally, Phillip Schiller had advocated that Apple comply with the Injunction, but Tim Cook ignored Schiller and instead allowed Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri and his finance team to convince him otherwise*

Cook chose poorly. The real evidence, detailed herein, more than meets the clear and convincing standard to find a violation. The Court refers the matter to the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California to investigate whether criminal contempt proceedings are appropriate.

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25924283/epic-v-apple-contempt-order.pdf

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[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

There are a few countries who do this.

The fine amount is calculated by determining the number of days based on the severity of the violation—the more severe the violation, the greater the number of days imposed. The daily unit, which represents how much is paid per day, is a standardized portion of an individual's daily income, ensuring equal proportional impact across all offenders. The total fine is the product of the number of days and the daily unit.[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-fine

Sept 2024 - when 76-yr-old Finnish millionaire Anders Wiklöf was fined 121,000 euros (about ₹1.1 cr) for exceeding the speeding limit by 30 kmph, it made global headlines

https://m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/what-you-pay-is-what-you-got-the-thing-about-finlands-pioneering-income-based-fines/articleshow/113466964.cm

Advocates say a $290,000 speeding ticket slapped on a millionaire Ferrari driver in Switzerland was a fair and well-deserved example of the trend.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna34792272