And ECF ratings I think a lot of people also find useless for similar reasons (although there are some rare non fide tourneys ig)
USCF is unique because they never have any FIDE tourneys which seems kind of odd when they have so much money compared to other federations. What are they doing with all that money???
America is very rich, I'm sure they can figure it out if most other countries have
The US is very spread out, without widespread public transportation. Outside big metropolitan areas, FIDE rated events are usually not doable. There's still a place for a national rating system that supports smaller, regional events.
USCF is unique because they never have any FIDE tourneys which seems kind of odd when they have so much money compared to other federations. What are they doing with all that money???
While it obviously depends on where you live (although I’d assume this goes for most places in the world), there are plenty of dual FIDE+USCF-rated events in the US. I live in a fairly mediocre area for chess, so there’s not really any in this area, but about three hours north there’s probably one-two FIDE tournaments a month. Places like NYC, Charlotte, San Francisco etc. have them all the time.
I’ve played in a few dozen FIDE events in the US. They definitely exist.
I confirmed that Martin_Stahl statement that 50 percentile USCF rating is under 800. This is active players. I've noticed that average FIDE ratings are higher for inactive than active players. I've a FIDE rating and only played in USCF tournaments, so I've also played in dual rated tournaments. Dual rated tournaments seems to fairly recent occurrences, and seems to be only major tournaments. Also, higher sections in class tournaments. For example, World Open, I believe, is only FIDE rated for sections 3 and above (class A plus).
Tbh I’ve never really understood the purpose of FFE rating, as all tourneys are fide rated too. However I am not taking sides and do not know about other countries