Like the sibling comment, my reaction, and my intent when I said “valuable”, was referring to developer quality and customer experience value, not financial val

Like the sibling comment, my reaction, and my intent when I said “valuable”, was referring to developer quality and customer experience value, not financial value -- assuming the data is not being sold for financial gain, and it is only used for development and UX. I personally loathe reducing all things to financial value on principle, because I think it cheapens relationships and reduces trust, and anyway the conversion rate is often wildly wrong. However, I also think you have a reasonable and valuable point, and maybe paying for the data really is how we make this work. It certainly would be okay in my book if there was a large financial penalty for companies found doing things with data that aren’t in the customer’s best interest and that they didn’t make clear from the start.