[reaperducer]

You must be getting downvoted by people who have never run an ad-supported web site.

When I used to do that, North American traffic got ads 100% of the time. European traffic might get ads 5% of the time. Otherwise, there were few advertisers that cared.

However, this was back before Google AdSense upended the industry, and you could still make a living showing one static ad per page.

[15155]

It's afternoon in Europe, and folks generally don't like to be reminded of the fact that their market is decreasing in global relevance.

In this case, ads are even a product people actively want to avoid, but it's still unsettling to be undesirable. Imagine banning smoking and then getting upset that Philip Morris doesn't want to sell to you anymore.

[Jtarii]

I don't think many Europeans are lamenting that companies are advertising to Americans more than them.