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> It's complicated because the data isn't worth much until it's processed and analyzed, and that's where much of the value-add is It isn't worth much, per user
by balfirevic 6y ago
> It's complicated because the data isn't worth much until it's processed and analyzed, and that's where much of the value-add is
It isn't worth much, per user, even after it's processed and analyzed.
- chillacy 6y agoTrue, I looked it up and per quarter it was maybe $30 in the US per quarter per big ad-tech company. A digital VAT would be easier to reason about IMO, but this idea of handing money directly to people has some populist appeal I suspect. Personally I much rather preferred his original plan to fund a UBI with consumption taxes, but I suppose the primary voters weren't bought into that plan.