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> It's because US cell phone networks refuse to implement basic authentication,

Like other countries.

> and because USA population has the most excess money to steal.

No, it doesn't. Many other countries have a lot more wealth in their general population. There are many people in the US with higher salaries than other places however don't think they have the most excess money to steal.

I think everyone is missing a major factoid. Microsoft is second, it'll be used in every language in almost every country. Yet, it's piped to the post by a large amount by a US only target. People do things for a reason especially when it comes to money. The US market is clearly the most profitable. But my question remains is that because there are so many or that they're dumb?

US is 15th in median wealth and it's population exceeds the 14 countries ahead combined. That's a big target.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_pe...

Your question seems like a false dichotomy.

US is basically below the EU for wealth with a smaller population. Your response appears to be ignoring the basic facts. So while the US is a big target, targeting the EU on money and population wise would be better, yet they choose to focus on USPS because that converts well.

Since we can assume the US does not have as much disposal cash as the EU since they earn less yet have more wealth. They have less people than the EU. It's that USPS converts specifically well. It looks very likely the reason it's USPS is that folks from the US are very easy to trick.

While I understand it's unpleasing for US citizens to admit that their population is easier to trick. But if they improve their education and stop being so far down in the charts this might not be the case.

What is EU's common language and postal service? I get a lot of email from European vendors, intended for Europeans who don't know their own email address, and that email is not all in the same language.

Anyway, US GDP is far in excess of EU GDP, for example. https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2023/09/04/the-gdp...

You aren't doing your contintent-mates any favors with your flailing attempt to prove European intellectual superiority.

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