It's frequently spoken about all kinds of devices that they are mining data. I'm actually really curious, as someone far away, what does this actually look lik

It's frequently spoken about all kinds of devices that they are mining data. I'm actually really curious, as someone far away, what does this actually look like? Are PMs at these companies putting data collection stuff into their roadmaps "just in case," or is this a directive that comes from the higher ups with a specific business plan for how they are going to monetize the data? How does someone actually buy washing machine data? Are they selling the data? If so, where, how, to whom? Do I approach LG or does LG approach me? Are the numbers of how much money these companies are making on data actually real? Is there an eBay for washing machine data? Is it an API that streams it out in real time that they expose or do they just give you a 100GB CSV? So many questions. So many.