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Give you two guesses and the answer is "Your data as a guinea pig is worth a lot"

• trendia 10y ago
  The data is not even worth that much. Estimates are that it's less than $1 / user / month. But Google does it anyway, because it costs them less than that to implement. edit: For instance, Facebook says each user is worth about $0.73 / user / month. [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/28/how-much-are-you-worth-to-facebook https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/28/how-much-...
  • goatlover 10y ago
    $1 for a billion+ users? Long as it costs them less, should add up to nice sum per month.
  • CaptSpify 10y ago
    Individually its not worth much. But the collection from everyone is worth a lot.
  • serge2k 10y ago
    North americans are worth over 4 dollars a month according to that.
    • trendia 10y ago
      4 dollars per 3 months: > If you happen to live in Europe, including the UK, you’re only worth one-third of a North American to Facebook, at $4.50 every three months, while the “rest of the world”, which includes most developing nations are only worth $1.22 per user. That's about $1.50 / user / month... which is higher than I thought. brb, going to start social network
      • serge2k 10y ago
        > You may be surprised to hear that a US or Canadian user is worth $13.54 each quarter to Facebook, 4 dollars a month.