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• TeMPOraL 11y ago
  > Close, its a principle fundamental to modern butt-based companies. > Offer my butt storage for free, for 0 privacy and the permission to read, copy, access, and sell your data to third parties Moreover, data loss is not a possibility, it's pretty much a certainty, because it's backed straight in the business model. At some point investors need to get their money back, and what better way to do that than have the company acquired? It's such an effective way that a lot of people starting their companies do that hoping that they'll get bought by a big corp. That the product gets subsequently shut down doesn't seem to bother anyone (except the customers, who at this point really should know better than to do business with a startup unless they're prepared for the moment said startup shows them the middle finger and disappears).