this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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It's kind of odd that they could just take random information from the internet without asking and are now treating it like a trade secret.
This is why some of us have been ringing the alarm on these companies stealing data from users without consent. They know the data is valuable yet refuse to pay for the rights to use said data.
The compensation you get for your data is access to whatever app.
You're more than welcome to simply not do this thing that billions of people also do not do.
This doesn't come out of an app, they scraped the Internet.