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The title is literally correct, I don’t see any clickbait.
by monadic2 6y ago
The title is literally correct, I don’t see any clickbait.
- nickff 6y agoWell it's technically correct, but the government wasn't giving access to Palantir as a favor, they were purchasing data analysis SaaS.
- cool_dude85 6y agoSorry, they purchased it for £1? Now who's being "technically correct"?
- nickff 6y ago>" Sorry, they purchased it for £1? Now who's being "technically correct"? " Palantir received one pound; the government paid Palantir for software. The title implies that the government was selling the data, but they were actually getting SaaS for a pittance.
- nathanlied 6y agoThe title could be fixed from "in £1 deal" to "as part of £1 deal". No ambiguity there, although it doesn't adequately explain how that came about, but that's why there's an article.
- monadic2 6y agoHonestly that distinction had never even occurred to me—I was envisioning possible concern over giving access to sensitive personal information to a for-profit multinational.