Just curious, but how much would a list of 1-million targeted emails go for? High five figures? Low six figures?
I'm trying to put myself in perspective of his struggle -- was he potentially buying another year of runway? Another month?
I'm trying to put myself in perspective of his struggle -- was he potentially buying another year of runway? Another month?
Another question is, "Did everyone get paid?" He did the right thing and saw to it that everyone got made whole. If the business goes into bankruptcy and some creditors are not being made whole, it's much harder to not sell the email list if you can do so legally.
It's during tough times that you see what people's ethics really are. Great job by the OP addressing some of these.
I can't remember what the exact figure was--but it was in the 5 figures. Which for me felt like a potential life-saver.
I don't think what I promised my users was actually that relevant. It would've been super easy to change our terms of service to include the ability to sell or rent user data. I could have written it in a way no one would have understand. Of course, no one would have ever seen the change anyways.
The real issue was that I knew it was wrong. Even if legal.
Or compare this to the moral obligation to repay your investor vs that of the user's data.
It's a very fine point, against the backdrop of a very good article.