... except when they sell their domain registration business.
And yes, I realize that there's a (technical) difference between selling data and selling a business including its data assets.
But then again, maybe a really big chunk of the value of that business is its customer data.
For some business acquisitions special terminology like "aqui-hiring"[0] has evolved so it's understood that not every sale of a business is of the same nature.
And since the value of data has arguably become much higher than ever before, the distinction of selling data by itself and selling the entire business is becoming smaller as time goes on.
... except when they sell their domain registration business.
And yes, I realize that there's a (technical) difference between selling data and selling a business including its data assets.
But then again, maybe a really big chunk of the value of that business is its customer data.
For some business acquisitions special terminology like "aqui-hiring"[0] has evolved so it's understood that not every sale of a business is of the same nature.
And since the value of data has arguably become much higher than ever before, the distinction of selling data by itself and selling the entire business is becoming smaller as time goes on.
[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acqui-hiring