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Does it matter if that company is from EU? Even a new engine centralized in the US won't be able to operate in the EU without substantial cost. That's a pretty

• kowdermeister 8y ago
  I've seen the debate and some politician said that big platforms should be stopped. Which is why I thought that why not work on creating an environment that supports competition rise from the EU? But yeah, it shouldn't matter where new players come from, however I think a Chinese startup will laugh at GDPR and upload filters.
  • tormeh 8y ago
    They won't laugh at the lack of revenue from European advertisers. No one cares what people use for free. This is about money.
    • caf 8y ago
      This is ends up being effectively a tariff, though - if fewer advertising platforms can take European customers, then that allows those platforms to raise their prices for those customers, essentially meaning that European businesses end up paying more for advertising than their competitors from elsewhere.
      • JAlexoid 8y ago
        Nothing will happen. You know that Google does second price auctions on AdWords, right? Google literally doesn't control the price of ads Even if you pay Google €0.01 per click, you still can get an impression under certain conditions.
        • caf 8y ago
          It's not about controlling the price, the effect works at least as well in auction conditions. If the European ad-buyers are funnelled into a subset of ad auctions, the average prices in those auctions should be higher.