On: What “The Social Dilemma” Gets Wrong [pdf]

[toby]

> See, I've always heard Facebook makes the largest part of its money by selling data about its users.

Categorically untrue. They sell advertising space. The data is used to target the ads, which are often paid for based on performance.

Selling the data would be a terrible idea... if anyone else had it, it would undermine their value proposition.