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on March 23, 2020
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Why Is Facebook Not in the Cloud Business?
No, their core service is selling ads.
You can't actually buy anyone's data from Facebook, you can only buy ad targeting.
numlock86
on March 24, 2020
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Oh, okay. I was just confused because whenever I read something about Facebook it was about them selling everyone's data.
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You can't actually buy anyone's data from Facebook, you can only buy ad targeting.