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> If sharing won't generate enough revenue to pay for the cost, why would you? Any one-time cost can be amortized in time by recurring revenues, after which yo
by vladd 8y ago
> If sharing won't generate enough revenue to pay for the cost, why would you?
Any one-time cost can be amortized in time by recurring revenues, after which you're left with pure profit.
Technical work (manage your reader's cookie and policy preferences etc) is a one-time cost. Revenue from EU readers is an ongoing benefit. Hence, as long as EU income is greater than its traffic serving costs, you're bound to come ahead after some amortization time.
- mrep 8y ago1. There is a time value of money so if those costs are high enough, the meager returns can be less than they can get elsewhere and thus they shouldn't do it. 2. There are other ongoing costs to comply with gdpr outside of the server fees such as manpower to comply with gdpr requests, lawyer fees if they get sued and obviously fines if they lose any lawsuit related to it.
- ucaetano 8y agoThe fact that the LA Times is not doing is enough evidence that it isn't financially viable for them.