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Originally Posted by SantaCruz
No, PokerStars absolutely does not approve of Sharkscope or any of the other datamining sites. They spent a lot of money fighting one of the sites on the grounds of copyright infringement. They compromised and allowed the sites to use players' stats as a player opt-in option. It's pretty rare that a player decides to opt-in. I seriously doubt that ibooboo is going to opt-in.
They list it under acceptable software so I think that's enough to say they approve of it. Obviously, they only approve of it because Sharkscope abides by the opt-in policy, but they approve nonetheless.
Plenty of people opt-in and sharkscope actively promotes opting in by giving away free cash each week to those who do.
I don't know about ibooboo. He probably would opt-in because he loves to bring attention to himself. He's demonstrated that by making new 2+2 accounts each time one is banned. If he stayed off the forums this thread probably wouldn't exist right now.