> they probably bought all the companies aggregating data in a way that was kosher under gdpr and would corner the compliance market
They actually exited Europe because they didn't want to comply with those laws. Combined with all the lawsuits they're apparently facing, I think it's the opposite.
> but then nobody cared for real about any of that and there was never the market they hoped.
Well, the industry moved to exclusively first-party data in response to these laws, so yea, no one really cared for their data anymore.
Oracle can run a big database of data in the cloud, they clearly had no desire to maintain the data sources and comply with laws when sharing. The engineering effort Google/Facebook put into maintain their privacy compliance is a lot higher than most people probably realize. Oracle lawyers work on the offensive, not defensive.
They actually exited Europe because they didn't want to comply with those laws. Combined with all the lawsuits they're apparently facing, I think it's the opposite.
> but then nobody cared for real about any of that and there was never the market they hoped.
Well, the industry moved to exclusively first-party data in response to these laws, so yea, no one really cared for their data anymore.
Oracle can run a big database of data in the cloud, they clearly had no desire to maintain the data sources and comply with laws when sharing. The engineering effort Google/Facebook put into maintain their privacy compliance is a lot higher than most people probably realize. Oracle lawyers work on the offensive, not defensive.