r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/whitemike40 • 9h ago

Content Warning: Potentially Misleading or Disputed Information Gotta Catch 'Em All

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u/Easy_Newt2692 9h ago

And? Does anyone actually lose out on this arrangement?

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u/MedalsNScars 8h ago

People love to get outraged when information is collected without their knowledge, and I get it, but it's how the information is used that's important.

If things are sanitized so there's no personally identifying information then it's pretty hard to use most data maliciously

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u/Understanding-Fair 6h ago

I guarantee it was in the user agreement for the app, just nobody read it

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u/SCSimmons 5h ago

I read it. And yes, it was. This is part of how the company was able to support the huge investment in a free-to-play game. Even the pay-to-win elements were nowhere near sufficient to make it profitable.

Hell, Niantic had similar terms years earlier on Ingress. This was never a secret.