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> It's a communication tool, just like email, phone and letters. Except that it's a public company that makes money selling your data to advertisers. It's a ve
by emillon 13y ago
> It's a communication tool, just like email, phone and letters.
Except that it's a public company that makes money selling your data to advertisers. It's a very important difference compared to letters, phone or (to a certain extent) email.
- jschuur 13y agoExcept it doesn't actually sell your data to advertisers. It gives advertisers the ability to target people with certain types of data for a limited amount of time. They don't deliver your data to them.
- onedev 13y agoI sincerely hate the term "selling data". No one "sells data". It's a term I think people use because it sounds scarier.