Because they have gone on public record with those numbers and as of yet, no one has refuted them.
Do you have an alternate source of user level data that breaks down average vs. outliers and that ratio that you feel is more accurate?
The free tier is 100 queries per minute for an OAuth logged in client per the public statement, and that number has also been stated by a few 3rd party app developers.
That is a lot for the average user, especially for a well optimized app.
It very well might be garbage data but if companies are acting on that data it’s still highly problematic. Maybe even worse than if the data were accurate.
I willing to take a punt and guess that the models they’re using are using short term/isolated data, not 10 years worth of your entire browsing history.
Yep. What was even more bizarre is how they never really acknowledged it might be a problem, they just keep taking this arrogant attitude that the plebe users are wrong and just don't understand this amazing new data feature. It was the first time I recall them using analytics to justify their bullshit, it pretty much set the tone for where we are at now.
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