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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by noja on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:40PM (#17031303)
Are you talking with real knowledge of the facts, or is this a guess?

Because my guess would be that it would be cheaper to adhere to the rules rather than let a competitor grow big in Europe and eat their market elsewhere.

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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by kungtotte on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @12:49PM (#17031378)
With over 500 million people in the EU that's a lot of potential market going to waste by not being GDPR compliant.

Unless, of course, their central business model is incompatible with GDPR-compliance in the first place...

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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by s_dev on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:21PM (#17031717)
In which case there can be no EU competitor.
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by jobigoud on Thursday May 10, 2018 @12:21AM (#17036362)
You can have a competitor providing the same service using a different business model.
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by _rpd on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:35PM (#17031860)
But the 'competitor' will have much lower revenue than Facebook because of the lack of targeted advertising.
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by rock_hard on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:56PM (#17032084)
And much less users too...because of less relevant ads and content in general!
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by ClassAndBurn on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:42PM (#17033871)
Its a guess. Facebook also controls many of the "competitors" currently. Its also not about not being compliant, they want their customers, its just not worth reevaluating core aspects of the business when they believe people will sign whatever they have to to continue using Facebook.
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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by emiliobumachar on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @04:54PM (#17033992)
They also have to consider the risk that complying too much will inspire copycat regulations
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