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Re:Spoonbill (2016–2013) on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @04:19AM (#38852151)
> managed to sell a firehose of Spoonbill data to two separate firms

Curious to know what kinds of companies these were, and more on how that monetisation path came about. I.e. did you realise you could sell the data first, or just heard from these companies out of the blue? I also wonder how privacy played into the equation?

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