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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why would it not be profitable, it's still user data?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

They sell it to advertisers. We would be hard to target since were not on Metas platform. I would think it's worth less since its not immediately usable for stuffing an ad down our throats and pseudoanonymous.