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Completely agree. The usual social media esque "it's a free service so you are the product" arguments don't apply here, people paid 23andme for genetic testing.

This is important: don't assume that because you're paying for a service that your personal data isn't still being mined. It doesn't matter if you fairly, over or under pay for a service. There's nothing illegal or uncommon about that.



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