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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that's exactly what the other guy said... "Selling" your data can be worth it if you get good service in return, which is what Google used to provide, but now it barely works half the time.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Maybe I misunderstood the point of data, but I was making the point that they don't need to perform complex tracking or rely on non-anonymized data. Invading privacy isn't a very important part of their business model. People still freely feed them data either directly (captcha with OCR scan or Street View images; adding location reviews, photos, and details; YouTube likes and subscriptions) or indirectly (searches and links you click after; YouTube views; places you navigate to and what time; your location when you request navigation directions).

The tagging of data around specific people (privacy) which the EU is very concerned about, I feel, is grossly overemphasized. Just counters on what gets pinged and when on a transactional basis is very much good enough for Google's business model.