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Re:Myspace Sold User Data Too by ronilan on Saturday April 14, 2018 @06:26PM (#16839902)
False assertion.

I once operated a free service with 10Ks of users. When I sold it I refused to sell the user data. This dropped the value of the transaction to a fraction of the original offer.

So, maybe a lot of, but not every.

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Re:Myspace Sold User Data Too by stochastic_monk on Saturday April 14, 2018 @07:01PM (#16840066)
Bravo, good sir! The world needs more people like you. A friend asked why I was in computer science if I thought so many tech companies were doing evil things. My answer was that being a conscientious objector, I might be able to make a difference. Thank you for showing it can be done.
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