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It's highly unlikely that Amazon or Apple "had no idea how to comply with banking regulations".



Both Amazon and Apple have law departments larger than most large startups. It was intentional. They know nobody will do anything. So really, it's a case of "tech company pretends to be incompetent at pretending to be a bank."


Sign up X customers and make Y dollars.

Get fined Z dollars for breaking a regulation.

If Y > Z, congratulate those responsible.


+/- TOO_BIG_TO_FAIL


We should also factor in.

Legally Signup n customers and make W dollars.

It should meet Y-W > Z




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