But what did #JetNet buy? Data feeders are quitting #ADSBExchange in droves with an estimated 10% quitting in the first day. Likely they’ll all move to something new. Maybe a site that isn’t in the hands of one person.

Still, the oligarchs paid small (to them) money to shut down a thorn in their jet setting side.

#JetNet quietly acquired #ADSBExchange, a popular aggregator of crowdsourced #ADSB #flight data. This was the data source behind @elonjet and many other transparency operations. Looks like the owner cashed out on his little project for an estimated $20M.

https://www.jetnet.com/news/jetnet-acquires-ads-b-exchange.html

"Student who tracks Elon Musk's jet blasts sale of flight-tracking site he uses to keep tabs on aircraft"
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/student-who-tracks-elon-musks-jet-blasts-sale-of-flight-tracking-site-he-uses-to-keep-tabs-on-aircraft/ar-AA16Kfv0 #Musk #ADS-B #JetNet #flights #Twitter #Mastodon #aircraft #ADS-BExchange #JackSweeney

I’ll shutdown both of my feeders (UK & GER) for #ADSBExchange today. I’m not helping #jetnet to make money with my feeded flight data and not giving anything back, this sold out is just a massive kick in the ass of all us volunteer feeders.