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That's never going to happen. The reason they make so much money is because they're the only ones who have that amount of interconnected user data. Sharing it w
by yAnonymous 10y ago
That's never going to happen. The reason they make so much money is because they're the only ones who have that amount of interconnected user data. Sharing it would be the stupidest thing they could possibly do.
- quickben 10y agoWell, you are sort of on the right track. If they interconnect the data even more, they'll make more money. Why is a merger that impossible in your books. It will be just business between two advertising companies.
- yAnonymous 10y agoYes, but if they share their data with anyone else, it loses its value. That's why they go to such great lengths to collect all data on their own instead of working together. Look at Google Analytics for the perfect example: Millions of websites help Google collect data, but they only ever get anonymized data in return. Google keep the valuable stuff to themselves.
- ComodoHacker 10y agoI'm not so sure about this. When a market becomes consolidated ans stable enough, big players often decide to divide it and cooperate where possible, rather then compete fiercely. Look at the property, insurance and other stable markets.
- aroman 10y agoWhat's the thinking behind such a strategy? Increasing the overall size of the market?
- ComodoHacker 10y agoLooks like this is already happening: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12601471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12601471
- yAnonymous 10y agoIt's a collaborated effort to develop an AI. Where did they announce that they'll share their user data? So many clueless people are freaking out over this, completely ignoring the fact that sharing user data between companies like that would be highly illegal in many countries and get them fined to hell and back if they were seriously stupid enough to consider it, which they aren't.