[DerekBickerton]

My private data isn't worth much since it's highly context-specific to me, and only I place value on it since I know how it all works and how it can be leveraged. A random person exploring my private data would be eternally lost as to what to do with it. That doesn't mean I share it publicly just because it has no value to others.

There are people who hoard[0] data all to themselves on storage which is getting cheaper as each year passes.

[0] https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/

[orlandohohmeier]

Hm, so if I get you, you're saying it's basically useless to others thus without value for them. What do you think e.g. Google would be willing to pay considering that they make about 6$ revenue[0] (there is a Forbes article [1] with even higher numbers form 2013) per monthly active users, and they do so by analyzing data to serve ads.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/306570/google-annualized... [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/tristanlouis/2013/08/31/how-muc...