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If you don't bring value or fun to the person checking in, they get bored and you get less data to sell.

• uptown 7y ago
  That's why you're now tracked without ever formally checking in.
  • mrgreenfur 7y ago
    Yeah, pretty sure they get all this data by piggybacking their SDK into free apps.
    • arkanciscan 7y ago
      Which apps?
      • alwayseasy 7y ago
        Most apps that are not Google or Facebook owned: Twitter, Uber, TripAdvisor, AccuWeather etc
  • vikramkr 7y ago
    But everyone can do that to an extent, so what keeps their edge, that they're first and are on a lot of devices? Having a strong social aspect might let them get differentiated insights on what people enjoy etc, but otherwise location data is almost a commodity