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> 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 y
by Lionsion 8y ago
> 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.
- ihumanable 8y agoNo 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/Q1-2018-Earnings-Presentation-(1).pdf 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.