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Comment by countvonbalzac

I'm confused what the author is trying to argue?

1. People don't want satellite data they want their problem to be solved

So a company like Planet shouldn't (just) get satellite data they should solve problems.

2. Companies can't do 2 things at once well

So Planet actually has to choose between solving problems or just getting satellite data

3. Companies like Arturo have good focus and solve the problem of climate risk for insurance

So Arturo should stay focused on that, but where do they get the data from? Planet right? So Planet does have a set of customers for its data?

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Edit: I re-read the article and maybe I'm just confused on the wording. Is he saying that raw data is valuable and worthwhile for satellite companies to sell but they should not do anything to the data before try to sell it?

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