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by bdjsiqoocwk 639 days ago
> User data is a liability, not an asset.

Yeah Google and Facebook are all losing money in those liabilities.

No theyre not, they're printing money because user data is an asset. Stop repeating silly sound bytes.

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User data is only an asset if your business model demands it, like Google and Facebook. If you don’t have, and won’t create, a way to monetize it then yes, it’s strictly a liability.
It's not that it is a liability, it's that it should be. Likewise, it currently is an asset, but shouldn't be monetizable.
When you quote part of my comment, it give a different message. Clever!