Price difference between public and private data

[janitor]

@Anders

And when there is 100% cost for storing public data it’s impossible for apps to earn safecoins? And who pays when an app stores private data, the user or the app owner?

• It shouldn’t be impossible, I think app owner gets a cut from “the network” the same way farmers do. (But see the topic linked at the bottom for some potential issues)
• I think the owner pays when an app stores private data, but I think it’s best to verify (I think @Seneca asked this in one topic full of questions, but I don’t know where it is).

I don’t know if you noticed, David today said public and private PUT’s will cost the same:

Why wouldn't app developers stuff their GET requests?

Yes I agree with this, I do think apps doing this would not be popular with users. Like a bitcoin wallet that took a wee bit of a users cash by altering the fee down a smite, or mining without consent (like the anti virus recently), I think users would be pretty annoyed. This is where OSS apps are very good as it’s caught fast, but even non oss apps will be spotted doing this. The problem for the app is or will be (I think) to be successful it will need lots and lots of users like the anti vir…