[Cthulhu_]

Unbridled data collection is a requirement for a startup? Maybe in the US, pump-and-dump-startup schemes; I like to think other countries found companies that actually do something useful.

I mean Spotify has been one of the biggest driving forces in reducing music piracy, in part thanks to being more convenient.

On the other hand, they don't pay artists nearly enough so the flipside is that to the artists it doesn't actually make that much of a difference whether someone listens to them on Spotify or just pirates the music.

[carmen_sandiego]

> Unbridled data collection is a requirement for a startup?

Well, yeah, most of the time? Can you name a unicorn that doesn't collect and use data en masse?

[engineeringwoke]

Really wonderful, sustainable businesses when the inevitable privacy legislation hits the books in the United States. Just great high quality revenue, wish I could get in on some of that

[carmen_sandiego]

I'm not sure it's all inevitable. Still some constitutional challenges to go.