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If google is dead, I sure hope they won't sell my gmail and google drive data to the highest bidder.
by amelius 11mo ago
If google is dead, I sure hope they won't sell my gmail and google drive data to the highest bidder.
- rc_mob 11mo agothis post is title-gore. Gmail and drive aint going anywhere.
- kccqzy 11mo agoGoogle never sells your data to anyone. Why would they sell the primary data that they themselves use to determine how to show you ads? Doing so means a deep-pocketed new advertising platform can just buy data from Google and get started with competing against Google on their primary revenue source. It’s like having a goose that lays golden eggs and selling the goose. It’s corporate suicide. I’m surprised anyone on HN even believes Google will sell your data. It takes five seconds of thinking to dispel that notion.
- tonyedgecombe 11mo agoGoogle shares your data with ad-tech companies via its real time bidding. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-sell-your-data-heres-how-company-shares-monetizes-and https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/google-says-it-doesnt-...
- nephihaha 11mo agoGoogle gets given significant tax breaks in many countries. Maybe it is selling it to agencies who could not obtain that info legally
- LightBug1 11mo agoAlready did.