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Re:Hulu already making more money than YouTube by nailer on Tuesday November 18, 2008 @07:56AM (#368181)
Exactly. There are definitely not 800,000 Europeans, and the standard of living in the EU is really bad. I, for one, live in a cardboard box.

American entrepreneurs should keep away from this market! THERE IS NO MONEY TO BE HAD HERE.

Re:Hulu already making more money than YouTube by mattmaroon on Wednesday November 19, 2008 @03:22PM (#369866)
The standard of living in much of the EU is pretty bad, and in the rest there generally aren't many people. There may be 800 million total, but only a small subset of them are marketable.

The U.S. has almost as much GDP as the entire EU, while having <40% of the population which, most importantly, means a lot more discretionary income.

I hope you didn't take my statements as jingoistic, it's just a well-known fact that U.S. users monetize much better than the rest of the world in general.