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AznHisoka on Nov 14, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: AWS Data Exchange

Data by itself is cheap.

Data that has an useful business or predictive purpose that is clean and constantly updated is not cheap at all.

buboard on Nov 14, 2019 [–]

why not sell them directly through an API instead of paying an amazon tax?

Godel_unicode on Nov 14, 2019 | | [–]

Most people would host that API using AWS, and there you are.

AznHisoka on Nov 14, 2019 | | [–]

Most people probably already are. The marketplace is just another distribution channel.

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