It is cheap, but how do you measure that? There's no impact factor or associated journal publication. Since simply providing the data can't be measured for ten

It is cheap, but how do you measure that? There's no impact factor or associated journal publication. Since simply providing the data can't be measured for tenure or fit into a line item on a CV, academia as a whole assigns it zero value. This then means that simply sharing data is a huge net negative given the high costs of acquiring it.