One big difference is that I&#x27;m fully in control of what I post on HN, whereas &quot;usage data&quot; is far less well-defined. I can literally see every single byte that gets sent to HN, but &quot;usage data&quot; is so vague (and likely intentionally so) that it could mean just about anything you do with the product.<p>With respect to &quot;exploit me&quot;, that was more in reference to not using an adblocker.