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Yes, but who exactly is processing personal data with zero revenue?

• tajen 9y ago
  Startups?
  • M2Ys4U 9y ago
    _Zero_ revenue? That's not a startup, that's a hobby.
    • taysic 9y ago
      Instagram was zero revenue when bought by Facebook. And Siri when acquired by Apple. I wouldn't describe it as a hobby.
      • riffraff 9y ago
        I am pretty sure instagram had revenue, even if no profit. It was a paid app, the money must have gone somewhere.
        • traek 9y ago
          Instagram has never been a paid app.
          • riffraff 9y ago
            oh, sorry I was thinking of whatsapp!
    • AndrewKemendo 9y ago
      You're gonna be surprised at the massive number of pre-revenue venture backed startups then friend.
  • dx034 9y ago
    In that case it's the EU's way of telling you that your startup idea isn't that great. Basing a startup idea on illegal techniques is not a good idea. Snapchat could've succeeded without that data so there's no reason why startups cannot adapt.
    • closeparen 9y ago
      Illegal techniques like... forgetting to disable Apache access.log or ever collecting the results of an HTML form.
• grrowl 9y ago
  Early-day Snapchat stored a lot of personal data (geolocation, application activity, personal info, and photos) before they made any money.
• closeparen 9y ago
  Hacker News itself? Every web forum? Every teenager who writes a webapp?