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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by Jabbles on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:37AM (#27343912)
1 seems unlikely to me - why would Google do that? It would always be in exchange for something, which is pretty much selling.

2 seems more plausible.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by croon on Monday May 31, 2021 @09:41AM (#27343955)
1) I trust them when they say they don't sell it, technically.

However they probably do sell information/meta data they themselves have mined from my data, which they probably claim is harmless and de-personalized.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by beagle3 on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:17AM (#27344315)
FB effectively gave data away to app developers (e.g. Cambridge analytica).

They got something in return - as they do with all their partners - but this is not generally considered a sale, and often not even a trade.

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Re:Ask HN: Alternatives to Google Photos? by alisonkisk on Monday May 31, 2021 @12:27PM (#27345709)
Users gave data away to app developers, not Facebook.
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