• FaceDeer@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Right. But my point is that they can profit from it. The issue lots of folks seem to be having is “how dare Reddit make money using something I did!”, and that issue is even worse for the Fediverse since lots of companies can be doing it.

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      8 months ago

      And what value is a commodity that is available to everyone?

      I don’t disagree with your point but I’m sure it couldn’t be sold for as much as when it’s a limited resource.

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        8 months ago

        The value comes from the work that can be done with it. If you can train an AI off it then it’s worth something.

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          8 months ago

          It’s one thing if you’re processing and doing work with the data but Reddit will be getting $60,000,000 a year for simple having the data.

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            8 months ago

            They can’t do the work without the data, though.

            Or rather, they can’t do the work without the risk of Reddit raising a legal fuss that would cost them more than $60 million. The data itself can already be downloaded for free from various places.