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Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by netik on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:14PM (#24285412)
I suppose in a way they are monetizing/selling the use of your data because they're collecting it and selling the aggregation of that data back to advertisers.

Sure, it's not a selling of the raw data record but with advertising and targeting an advertiser can get pretty close.

Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by actuator on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @02:20PM (#24285497)
Yeah, that targeting bit is fine to argue and I tried to infer that with my comment as well.

I just have an issue with hyperboles like "sold individual user's behavioral profile to Cambridge Analytica" being thrown around in articles related to tech when in HN of all places, you can argue without resorting to that.

Re:Preparing Our Partners for iOS 14 by jooize on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @03:30PM (#24286288)
Yes, I imagine saying things that aren't quite true may at scale cause people to disbelieve the real arguments.