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Re:A solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems that no one wi... by Daishiman on Thursday July 23, 2015 @04:29PM (#9938299)
Yes. There's no way a data-driven company would give out its crown jewels for regulation just like that. Hell if I had a data-driven company I would definitely not trust anyone with the secrecy of said data. And the receiving end of said data should have little reason to trust me either.

I think governments still have a lot to do as far as taking decisions based on collected data. However, we're slowly getting there. But the politics surrounding the data will still be around forever.

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Re:A solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems that no one wi... by wrkng on Thursday July 23, 2015 @05:59PM (#9938777)
The trick to releasing data is to provide the right incentives.

For example, relaxing the traditional regulation in exchange for data.

Or, releasing the platforms for some types of intermediary liability in exchange for the data

Agree that absent of a proper incentive there's no way this could come about

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