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I am using Amazon less and less these days, buying elsewhere if given a reasonable choice. I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They a

by jak92 8y ago

I am using Amazon less and less these days, buying elsewhere if given a reasonable choice. I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company. just let me make a purchase and let that be it. at least other retailers give you the option of using a 'loyalty' card if you want to be tracked.

okmokmz 8y ago
>I am using Amazon less and less these days Agreed, everything about amazon has been getting progressively worse. Prices, reviews, products, usability, shipping, etc.
- anth_anm 8y ago
  I signed up for motorcycle classes and they said to bring glasses or goggles. I hopped on Amazon and realized I don't trust any of the things they sell to not be fake/junk/something I don't want near my eyes. I still ended up buying some because I don't really have time to get to the store, but I spent money to try and get a more repubtable brand. Hopefully they aren't fake.
  - jak92 8y ago
    Yes, it is a chore to shop on Amazon.
  - hombre_fatal 8y ago
    Doesn't seem very damning for Amazon that, despite your concerns, you still purchased from Amazon.
    - anth_anm 8y ago
      Sure, but I'm saying they are costing themselves customer trust.
  - everdrive 8y ago
    I've been having a similar experience myself. I bought a ladder off amazon, and one of the rungs broke off while I was leaning over my roof. They refunded, but I'll never buy another tool on Amazon again.
liquidwax 8y ago
If you are using gmail, you are already giving all of that to google. Google tracks all your purchases. Not trying to contradict your point but just saying that it happens irrespective of whether you use Amazon or not
icelancer 8y ago
> I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company. This happens at any online store you purchase something at. This isn't unique to Amazon.
- 0xffff2 8y ago
  Also any offline store where you pay for something with a credit card. For me the convenience of not having to deal with cash on a daily basis is worth it. I can see how others would take a different viewpoint, but one really has to be cash-only if they want to avoid their financial habits being data-mined.
  - astura 8y ago
    Yep, if you buy something from walmart.com with a credit card and later go to a physical walmart and buy something else with that same credit card then that item you bought in store will show up on your walmart.com account.
52-6F-62 8y ago
Don't any regular credit cards do this already? (not that I appreciate it)
- jak92 8y ago
  It's difficult to buy online without a card... Why no try to limit the universe of data collection by being selective with sites purchasing from.
  - 52-6F-62 8y ago
    It's been happening for probably over a generation with cards now. I'd say any change you'd make is like farting in the wind at this point. Of course, that's entirely your call to make. There are other data mining processes I personally find much more nefarious.
- chillacy 8y ago
  When you first get your credit card, it comes with a bunch of forms by law, one of which is an opt out form for selling your data to third parties for marketing. You have to call a number and go through some steps
h3throw 8y ago
> I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company. In order to make a purchase of X it is required that another party exists to make a sale of X. Let's call this transaction A. Why do you believe that the metadata of transaction A is owned solely by the purchaser and is not equally owned by the seller? Even further, is there really a differentiation between the purchaser and the seller? It's really just an exchange of a good or service for dollars where the "buyer" is the one with the dollars and the "seller" is the one with the good or service.

by jak92 8y ago

okmokmz 8y ago

>I am using Amazon less and less these days Agreed, everything about amazon has been getting progressively worse. Prices, reviews, products, usability, shipping, etc.

anth_anm 8y ago
I signed up for motorcycle classes and they said to bring glasses or goggles. I hopped on Amazon and realized I don't trust any of the things they sell to not be fake/junk/something I don't want near my eyes. I still ended up buying some because I don't really have time to get to the store, but I spent money to try and get a more repubtable brand. Hopefully they aren't fake.
- jak92 8y ago
  Yes, it is a chore to shop on Amazon.
- hombre_fatal 8y ago
  Doesn't seem very damning for Amazon that, despite your concerns, you still purchased from Amazon.
  - anth_anm 8y ago
    Sure, but I'm saying they are costing themselves customer trust.
- everdrive 8y ago
  I've been having a similar experience myself. I bought a ladder off amazon, and one of the rungs broke off while I was leaning over my roof. They refunded, but I'll never buy another tool on Amazon again.

liquidwax 8y ago

If you are using gmail, you are already giving all of that to google. Google tracks all your purchases. Not trying to contradict your point but just saying that it happens irrespective of whether you use Amazon or not

icelancer 8y ago

> I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company. This happens at any online store you purchase something at. This isn't unique to Amazon.

0xffff2 8y ago
Also any offline store where you pay for something with a credit card. For me the convenience of not having to deal with cash on a daily basis is worth it. I can see how others would take a different viewpoint, but one really has to be cash-only if they want to avoid their financial habits being data-mined.
- astura 8y ago
  Yep, if you buy something from walmart.com with a credit card and later go to a physical walmart and buy something else with that same credit card then that item you bought in store will show up on your walmart.com account.

52-6F-62 8y ago

Don't any regular credit cards do this already? (not that I appreciate it)

jak92 8y ago
It's difficult to buy online without a card... Why no try to limit the universe of data collection by being selective with sites purchasing from.
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  It's been happening for probably over a generation with cards now. I'd say any change you'd make is like farting in the wind at this point. Of course, that's entirely your call to make. There are other data mining processes I personally find much more nefarious.
chillacy 8y ago
When you first get your credit card, it comes with a bunch of forms by law, one of which is an opt out form for selling your data to third parties for marketing. You have to call a number and go through some steps

h3throw 8y ago

> I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company. In order to make a purchase of X it is required that another party exists to make a sale of X. Let's call this transaction A. Why do you believe that the metadata of transaction A is owned solely by the purchaser and is not equally owned by the seller? Even further, is there really a differentiation between the purchaser and the seller? It's really just an exchange of a good or service for dollars where the "buyer" is the one with the dollars and the "seller" is the one with the good or service.