> They didn’t have lawyers actually advising them? They just unilaterally shut off access to millions of people out of an abundance of caution? Those two state

> They didn’t have lawyers actually advising them? They just unilaterally shut off access to millions of people out of an abundance of caution? Those two statements are not mutually exclusive. I think they did have lawyers who advised them. They concluded that the potential risk is larger than the gain (in ads - europeans love their privacy and adblockers; and ad rates are comparatively quite low outside of the UK). One, I think they should have hired european lawyers for this. Two, comparing with the FATCA risk is amusing.