• Ekybio@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Purely economically speaking that is true, but that’s not the only relevant thing here.

    Remember it’s the Chinese Government essentially harvesting massive ammounts of data. A price well worth it, if you use it later down the line in propaganda efforts, marketing strategies and “spotting potential dissidents”.

    A more apt punishment would be forcing then to delete the data, prevent future harvesting or massively increase the fine to offset potential political gains.