Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by wkat4242 on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:06AM
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US customers have more spending power than the average EU customer. So the ads are worth more as there's more opportunity to sell.
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Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by consp on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:15AM
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GDP with PPP compensated is on par or better in NW Europe and for all of the EU it's about 70% of the USA (which has about 100m more people than the USA). You'd expect it to be a lot closer.
Yes it is most likely to be less but not a factor of 3 simply based on purchasing power alone.
Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by wkat4242 on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:16AM
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I'm sure it's not the only factor but it's surely one. Here in Spain we really make a lot less than in NW Europe. central and eastern Europe are even worse off.
Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by a1o on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @10:10AM
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What is NW Europe?
Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by still_grokking on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @11:39AM
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Do you mean US advertisers are paying three times more to FB than the advertisers in the EU?
Please don't confuse things. FB users aren't FB's customers. FB doesn't get any money directly from the (on average just a little bit) richer US users.
Re:Meta sued by privacy group over pay up or click OK model
by _jal on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @09:46AM
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The US also has close to no data privacy protection, so you can also practice whatever targeting and manipulative nonsense you want on your subjects.
The delta there shows what that's worth.