Everyone has problems man. Nothing is a Utopia, but there are better systems. And I get my opinions from articles that I’ve read. They are readily available on search engines and compare and contrast US vs Western Europe, which is what we’re objectively talking about when comparing.

No, I’ve not lived in Europe but my mother’s side of the family is German so I do talk to actual people who live there.

Edit: You only have to wait 3-4 weeks?! Try waiting 7-8 months, bud. That’s to see a general fucking practitioner! Then pay over $100/visit until you meet your deductible with good insurance.

Dude, I’m American and even I know they get more time off, get paternity and maternity leave, can take more vacations, have better transit, pay less in health insurance. They have enough disposable income to do the things we do, but don’t have to worry about the other bullshit as much. Nothing they get is “free”, and they know this, but they don’t have to think twice about using the services.

Agreed. I’m an SEO and I haven’t seen meaningful ranking adjustment by fixing page speed scores myself, but others may depending on the competition level and niches.

It’s meant more as a minor signal and a tie breaker. If SEO is roughly the same for two competing companies but one has page speeds of 2 second load times and the other 5 second, then the 2 second load time page may get a bump above the other 5 second one.

Now, I say MAY because there’s a lot that goes into it and maybe one brand has better on page conversion rates over the other one or something else that might affect things.