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[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 9 months ago
[-] ashley@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 9 months ago

they make enough money from their own data collection, selling it would actually end up LOSING them profit as that money would go to other advertising agencies.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 9 months ago

they make enough money

You're expecting a private company to stop at "enough"?

selling it would actually end up LOSING them profit as that money would go to other advertising agencies.

They do both.

[-] blobjim@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They literally don't. I don't know why you feel the need to infer some super secret financial transactions. The article is talking about "above-board" financial transactions on ad data marketplaces. Any data transferred to the US government is using their other programs which probably are more convoluted than just handing over money.

[-] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 9 months ago

I never said it was secret

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