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To: Miami Rebel
The story strikes me as, in part, MARKETING. GasBuddy is not a wholly free service. From WIKI:

In 2017, GasBuddy launched a gas savings program titled "Pay with GasBuddy" intended to let consumers save at gas stations in the United States.[6]

In the same year, GasBuddy was involved in a lawsuit with Reveal Mobile, a location-based marketing company, over the sale of user location data. It was revealed that GasBuddy sold information on more than 4.5 million users to Reveal each month for $9.50 per 1000 users.[7] According to CNET, that information included "users' latitude, longitude, IP address, and time stamps on the data collected," which sparked concern in the media and between its users.

As to Oil Price, itis part of a larger MEDIA concern, and the Oil Price folks are Brits, as shown by an exceprt from their Terms and Conditions: "governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and each party agrees to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales."

All in all, we are data to these people. Information to be sold.

As to gas prices, my bride and I are happy to pay a little more to stick it to Trudeau. And Doug Ford.

29 posted on 03/05/2025 10:38:57 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Oil Price can have contradictory articles about future pricing on the same day. But, at least they will be from two different “analysts”. I gave up on them before I ever figured out which writer was more often correct.


46 posted on 03/05/2025 12:24:24 PM PST by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Oil Price can have contradictory articles about future pricing (COMMA!) on the same day. But, at least they will be from two different “analysts”. I gave up on them before I ever figured out which writer was more often correct.


47 posted on 03/05/2025 12:25:33 PM PST by Paul R. (Old Viking saying: "Never be more than 3 steps away from your weapon ... or a Uriah Heep song!" ;-))
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