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The price is not for using it, but for serving ads on it. They'd increase the price for ads that target European customers.



Yes. So advertising gets more expensive when targeting EU users. The users don't care, so there wouldn't be much public backlash. And the advertisers will either cut back / relocate their ad spendings or raise their marketing budget.


That price will be paid by the customer


The customer of the end product? I don't think that marketing budgets work this way.


But they do? If businesses suddenly have to spend more money on advertising, where does it come from?




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