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The issue is there's no long-term business since there's little more to learn once you've seen your ancestry and connected with a few relatives, and these servi
by dehrmann 3y ago
The issue is there's no long-term business since there's little more to learn once you've seen your ancestry and connected with a few relatives, and these services are running out of new customers to sell $100 DNA collection kits to.
People here are blaming PE, but 23andMe is public and flaming-out on its own. Blackstone bought at the peak, so they're probably taking a big loss on this, and this will just speed it up.
- vintermann 3y agoThey get your DNA, which they can use as bait to sell more DNA collection kits. I've seen countless discussions in genealogy forums where they discuss which services you are most likely to find relatives in, depending on where you came from.
- salad-tycoon 3y agoI thought the Mormons owned it due to some religious beliefs about bloodlines sharing the same after life. Article clearly states black stone owns it now. That’s frightening. I uploaded with a fake name years ago, regret it deeply. Though it did help me diagnose my wife with a potentially life threatening condition that is easily treatable but rarely treated for until after complications. Still, I can’t believe gone dumb I was. It was a Christmas gift.
- dehrmann 3y ago> regret it deeply If it's over how law enforcement is using the data, the cat's out of the bag regardless of what you do. If it's future genetic discrimination, for once, regulators seem to be on top of things.