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> Amazon is a middle man company. ...I don't think it's affected why they collect information so far. See this: https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/01/09/amazo

> Amazon is a middle man company. ...I don't think it's affected why they collect information so far. See this: https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/01/09/amazon-ad-tech-launch/ https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/01/09/amazon-ad-tech-laun... and: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-development-kit/ https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-development-kit/ > they've created a new division called Alexa Voice Services, which builds hardware and software with the aim of making it stupendously easy to add Alexa into whatever ceiling fan, lightbulb, refrigerator, or car someone might be working on. "You should be able to talk to Alexa no matter where you're located or what device you're talking to," says Priya Abani, Amazon's director of AVS enablement. "We basically envision a world where Alexa is everywhere."

ysavir 9y ago
Oh, I agree. They're practicing the data gathering, but so far, it seems aimed at just getting users to buy off amazon more. They want you to restock/replace via their marketplace instead of using their competitors. And even then, it's only reaching into the IoT crowd and leaving the rest untouched; compare to Google with Gmail and Calendar, that are trying to get the entirety of internet users. That might change; that probably will change, but at least for now their given ends seem to be in harmony with their business model. That's why I still don't trust them, and personally I avoid using them almost entirely (I aim to keep only to Amazon Video, since its provides competition to Netflix).
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