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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA
(www.bloomberg.com)
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this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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People paid 23andMe to give them the data in the first place. Should be illegal to profit off of other people's data if they're not getting paid for it.
customers are asked if they wish to share their data for research
potayto potahto - 23andMe making a profit or not changes nothing to the customers. Would it make you feel better if they just gave out the data for free?