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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by Lionsion on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:02PM (#17031507)
> GDPR doesn't cover enough of the population using Facebook to warrant such a change to their business model where you can use the service without them using your data.

The real question isn't population, it's revenue per user. An typical American or a European will draw a lot more revenue to Facebook than a typical person from a 3rd world country accessing Facebook through "Free Basics."

My educated guess is that Europe is Facebook's #2 market behind the US, and there's enough revenue there for them to change their business model.

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Re:Facebook now denying access unless EU users opt-in to tra... by ihumanable on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @01:18PM (#17031693)
No need to guess, they are a public company and just released their 2018 Q1 Quarterly Earnings Report

https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files/doc_financials/2018/Q1...

From Slide 5:

Q12018: Europe was #2 with $3.036B in revenue

Q42017: Europe was #2 with $3.250B in revenue

And so on, it looks like every quarter on this slide has Europe in spot #2 behind US & Canada.

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