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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I wonder what the Reuters writer is doing with all the time saved from putting "mln" instead of writing out the whole word.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I probably would have gone with $73.4M

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The formatting of the headline.

It's currently:

Apple seeks $73.4 mln in fees from Epic
Games antitrust fight

If they used million it would be:

Apple seeks $73.4 million in fees from
Epic Games antitrust fight

It might not just change how it looks on their own site, it might change the way the headline looks on popular social media platforms. If only the first line gets out as part of the preview when shared, the first one it more likely to get clicks since it has 2 large name brands in it.