23andMe (2006-2025), the death of an ambitious idea

Posted by elcazador on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @08:47AM
from the bidemiologunde.substack.com dept.

https://bidemiologunde.substack.com/p/23andme-and-the-death-of-genetic

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Re:23andMe (2006-2025), the death of an ambitious idea by JohnFen on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @09:33AM (#43482115)

I allowed my sister to talk me into doing this despite my very strong reservations regarding privacy and data security. It was important to her and so I took the chance for her.

I'll never make that mistake again. Future companies that may want to do similar things (whether related to genetic or other data) can go suck it.

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Re:23andMe (2006-2025), the death of an ambitious idea by dtagames on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:15AM (#43482527)

TIL Anne Wojcicki was married to Sergey Brin who provided the original funding for 23andMe.

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Re:23andMe (2006-2025), the death of an ambitious idea by toomuchtodo on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:50AM (#43482883)

When I interviewed at 23andme, I was told this is why employees were able to use some Google amenities. I thought it was kinda cool at the time.

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