I think it's possible to sufficiently reduce this problem. For example, "needs to be an idea I can execute on with skill set X (or hire for)", "needs to be something I can execute on with $Y or includes a plan to acquire $Y that I can execute on", "needs to have a potential ROI of Z%".

Also, enough information can be given in advance that I'd be able to filter out ideas that I'm not interested in pursuing. General industry it's in, whether or not it's legal, etc.

I have plenty of information/ideas that would be valuable to software engineers, so I know that there exist scenarios in which information/ideas are valuable. I would've benefitted from the same information/ideas a few years back, and I suspect there's more ideas I don't have yet that would provide more gains. However, as I mentioned in another post, not many people willing to pay for information/ideas so I've had difficulty finding buyers.