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Knowing the terrible privacy- and tracking-issue history as related to the Amazon app, I would never install it for any reason, much less just to check prices.

by cubano 11y ago

Knowing the terrible privacy- and tracking-issue history as related to the Amazon app, I would never install it for any reason, much less just to check prices. In fact, after reading this, it makes me wonder if the real purpose behind these stores isn't simply to force people to install the app.

jonknee 11y ago
> In fact, after reading this, it makes me wonder if the real purpose behind these stores isn't simply to force people to install the app. Oh yea, the Bezos long con where by he knows if he makes a store you will visit it and you WILL install his app... Or maybe he just wants a place for people to use and demo their physical devices?
- cubano 11y ago
  According to the article, there are no prices posted in the store and the only way to get them is to install the app, so apparently yes you WILL install the app if you actually want to buy something. And just in case you are not aware of the security issues with the Amazon app[1] [1] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489480/security0/amazon--at-t--snapchat-rated-among-the-least-trustworthy-with-data--eff-finds.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489480/security0/amazo...
  - jonknee 11y ago
    Actually, according to the article: > For those with a dead battery or who are not inclined to take their smartphone out of their pocket, there are a few scanners around the bookstore, which you can use to scan books and discover their prices. People who refuse to install the Amazon app are also very unlikely to visit the Amazon store. Just get your books elsewhere. Also your link has nothing to do with security issues in the Amazon app and is just a ranking from the EFF for how companies respond to records requests. > Amazon, Snapchat and AT&T rank among the least trustworthy technology companies when it comes to how they handle government data requests, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
    - cubano 11y ago
      > People who refuse to install the Amazon app are also very unlikely to visit the Amazon store. Just get your books elsewhere. Exactly...that's what my original post said I was going to do, so we agree. I don't really understand what the big deal was.
      - jonknee 11y ago
        Because you theorized that the stores were a plot to get people to install the Amazon app. Which is absurd. > "it makes me wonder if the real purpose behind these stores isn't simply to force people to install the app"

by cubano 11y ago

jonknee 11y ago

> In fact, after reading this, it makes me wonder if the real purpose behind these stores isn't simply to force people to install the app. Oh yea, the Bezos long con where by he knows if he makes a store you will visit it and you WILL install his app... Or maybe he just wants a place for people to use and demo their physical devices?

cubano 11y ago
According to the article, there are no prices posted in the store and the only way to get them is to install the app, so apparently yes you WILL install the app if you actually want to buy something. And just in case you are not aware of the security issues with the Amazon app[1] [1] http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489480/security0/amazon--at-t--snapchat-rated-among-the-least-trustworthy-with-data--eff-finds.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2489480/security0/amazo...
- jonknee 11y ago
  Actually, according to the article: > For those with a dead battery or who are not inclined to take their smartphone out of their pocket, there are a few scanners around the bookstore, which you can use to scan books and discover their prices. People who refuse to install the Amazon app are also very unlikely to visit the Amazon store. Just get your books elsewhere. Also your link has nothing to do with security issues in the Amazon app and is just a ranking from the EFF for how companies respond to records requests. > Amazon, Snapchat and AT&T rank among the least trustworthy technology companies when it comes to how they handle government data requests, according to a report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  - cubano 11y ago
    > People who refuse to install the Amazon app are also very unlikely to visit the Amazon store. Just get your books elsewhere. Exactly...that's what my original post said I was going to do, so we agree. I don't really understand what the big deal was.
    - jonknee 11y ago
      Because you theorized that the stores were a plot to get people to install the Amazon app. Which is absurd. > "it makes me wonder if the real purpose behind these stores isn't simply to force people to install the app"