Lesley Carhart :unverified: on Nostr: This is kind of a silly take. Niantic are absolutely opportunists, who certainly ...
This is kind of a silly take. Niantic are absolutely opportunists, who certainly didn’t see AI coming when Pokémon Go or Ingress premiered. What they’ve always been interested in is being a *source of user geolocation data* which they can monetise. First way was lucrative Pokémon IP. Now it’s AI.
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