No, it's not a pedantic distinction at all and it's actually the "selling people's data" narrative that's misleading, not the other way round. Facebook does no

No, it's not a pedantic distinction at all and it's actually the "selling people's data" narrative that's misleading, not the other way round. Facebook does not sell user data, it sells targeted ad space which is the exact opposite business model. Their competitive edge in this business purely relies on being the only entity in the world who can target so well, precisely because they hold onto that data like a treasure.