Yeah, I'm not totally sure what they're complaining about there? Cheapest US S&P500 is 0.03% TER, as far as I can see... And so is the cheapest UTCITS one (SPDR). The ones you've linked are world index trackers, so they're a little more expensive (as you'd expect; they'll typically have to manage about 2000 stocks vs 500, on many markets); they're also accumulating, which again adds a little cost (due to differing US rules on taxation of accumulating funds, accumulating funds are much rarer there, but they're well worth the few bps extra TER in most tax regimes in Europe).