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If the point is to get away from large, data hungry corps than going to Amazon would be a funny choice.

ForHackernews 8y ago
At least it's a different one, and at least Amazon typically offers a straightforward exchange of money-for-service/product, as opposed to directly monetizing surveillance.
- the_duke 8y ago
  Amazon recently launched a Ad Network... https://developer.amazon.com/mobile-ads https://developer.amazon.com/mobile-ads
  - StreamBright 8y ago
    And?
    - dieblur 8y ago
      ...and moving from one company to another with the same vision is a silly idea? Pretty obvious...
  - ForHackernews 8y ago
    I'm not saying Amazon is great, but I'd rather there was at least competition instead of one giant company monopolizing every service I use online.
giancarlostoro 8y ago
I agree, I'd rather suggest FastMail or even ProtonMail which has paid offerings. At least they make a profit from you paying for their services (at least in regards to FastMail).
StreamBright 8y ago
Remind me again when Amazon was tracking me on every single website what I am visiting. Amazon's business is not primarily driven by ads and massive data collection. Google is an ad company with some distraction products like Android and Gmail so that they can collect more data and track you better. Amazon's revenue comes from the web store by selling goods and from AWS providing IT cloud services. I am not sure how could you equate Google and Amazon.
- nik736 8y ago
  I am not really sure if you are serious or not but Amazon would love to have the data Google has access to. They are suggesting you stuff based on everything you do, and suggestions only become more accurate if they have all your data. If you host your email with Amazon WorkMail they have access to all your emails just like Gmail or G Suite does.
- propogandist 8y ago
  Amazon is in the ad-biz and they're already near the top of the pile [0]. They're in the silent data gathering phase. All the data they have from 1) eCommerce 2) device like Firestick/kindle/alexa 3) apps like Audible 4) retail (wholefoods) and all their other operations can be combined (if not already governed by a single privacy policy) to leapfrog any competitor. As you say, they are not dependent on their ad business, but they are making a lot of money from it. Expanding operations to improve profits is a no-brainer and they can existing distribution networks like AWS to have an extra edge. [0 ]https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-ad-revenue-2-2b-132-percent/ https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-ad-revenue-2-2b-132-per...
mvanbaak 8y ago
With AWS services you can encrypt everything with your own keys etc. how cool is that? You also get the option to select a region where to store your data. Your point is moot, sorry
- dieblur 8y ago
  ...moving to another conglomerate being silly is definitely not a moot point.

At least it's a different one, and at least Amazon typically offers a straightforward exchange of money-for-service/product, as opposed to directly monetizing surveillance.

the_duke 8y ago
Amazon recently launched a Ad Network... https://developer.amazon.com/mobile-ads https://developer.amazon.com/mobile-ads
- StreamBright 8y ago
  And?
  - dieblur 8y ago
    ...and moving from one company to another with the same vision is a silly idea? Pretty obvious...
- ForHackernews 8y ago
  I'm not saying Amazon is great, but I'd rather there was at least competition instead of one giant company monopolizing every service I use online.

giancarlostoro 8y ago

I agree, I'd rather suggest FastMail or even ProtonMail which has paid offerings. At least they make a profit from you paying for their services (at least in regards to FastMail).

StreamBright 8y ago

Remind me again when Amazon was tracking me on every single website what I am visiting. Amazon's business is not primarily driven by ads and massive data collection. Google is an ad company with some distraction products like Android and Gmail so that they can collect more data and track you better. Amazon's revenue comes from the web store by selling goods and from AWS providing IT cloud services. I am not sure how could you equate Google and Amazon.

nik736 8y ago
I am not really sure if you are serious or not but Amazon would love to have the data Google has access to. They are suggesting you stuff based on everything you do, and suggestions only become more accurate if they have all your data. If you host your email with Amazon WorkMail they have access to all your emails just like Gmail or G Suite does.
propogandist 8y ago
Amazon is in the ad-biz and they're already near the top of the pile [0]. They're in the silent data gathering phase. All the data they have from 1) eCommerce 2) device like Firestick/kindle/alexa 3) apps like Audible 4) retail (wholefoods) and all their other operations can be combined (if not already governed by a single privacy policy) to leapfrog any competitor. As you say, they are not dependent on their ad business, but they are making a lot of money from it. Expanding operations to improve profits is a no-brainer and they can existing distribution networks like AWS to have an extra edge. [0 ]https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-ad-revenue-2-2b-132-percent/ https://digiday.com/marketing/amazon-ad-revenue-2-2b-132-per...

mvanbaak 8y ago

With AWS services you can encrypt everything with your own keys etc. how cool is that? You also get the option to select a region where to store your data. Your point is moot, sorry

dieblur 8y ago
...moving to another conglomerate being silly is definitely not a moot point.