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Doesn't matter. The company that got the data then sold it on for $5, which gives us an indication of how much they had to pay [1] to get the data from FB in th
by tvladeck 14y ago
Doesn't matter. The company that got the data then sold it on for $5, which gives us an indication of how much they had to pay [1] to get the data from FB in the first place.
[1] I'm using "pay" loosely here. I have no idea what they had to give up or produce in order to get the data, but presumably FB received something of value.
- hkmurakami 14y agoI imagine this data came from the "allow this app to access XYZ of your information: YES/NO" thingy that pops up when authorizing apps on these social media platforms. The only payment to FB that I can think of would be in the form of marketing costs (or does FB have a developer membership cost like Apple?)
- tvladeck 14y agoMost likely that's true. In this case the company dedicated time and resources to making an app, and Facebook is enjoying some of the fruit of those efforts. And the fact that this kind of data can sell for $5 gives us an indication of the value of those efforts. [1] [1] Not necessarily a good indication, as this may be a last ditch effort convert _some_ value out of their app development efforts, and who knows to how many buyers the seller has sold this data.
- rmc 14y agodoes FB have a developer membership cost like Apple? No, it doesn't cost anything to create a Facebook app.