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I actually don't believe so. Not everything is priced on demand and supply -- at least not strictly. Of course the potential of abuse is part of the equation,
by thrdbndndn 2y ago
I actually don't believe so.
Not everything is priced on demand and supply -- at least not strictly.
Of course the potential of abuse is part of the equation, but I think Google (or similar large companies) simply has a guideline of how the amount of the bounty is decided, than surveying the market to see what its "actual value" is. It's not exactly a free market, at least not on Google's side.
- n2d4 2y agoI assure you that when Google set those bounties, they thought about how much they would have to pay white hats to make them do the right thing. Of course, it's a highly illiquid market (usually there's just one seller and only a handful of buyers), and so the pricing is super inefficient (hence based on guidelines and not surveying on every individual bug), but the logic remains.