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If you use google for email they already have your order history...

by surbas 6y ago

esrauch 6y ago
I noticed Amazon has stopped informing you what you actually purchased in their confirmation emails (though the emails still have other purchase suggestions in them). I'm guessing that might be partially to prevent the info from being conveyed to Google in Gmail.
- three_seagrass 6y ago
  I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.
  - Hokusai 6y ago
    > I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement. Yes. I saw that while in China. I would get push notifications from Gmail and I was able to know what was the mail about without access to Gmail. But, for Facebook I would only get "You got a message". And that was totally unhelpful. Now, I knew that I had a message that I was not able to access too. Seriously infuriating.
  - Corrado 6y ago
    I think it can be for both giving less data to Google and to get you to re-engage at Amazon.
    - three_seagrass 6y ago
      Nope. Google hasn't been mining gmail emails since 2017.
ravenstine 6y ago
Precisely why I don't use Gmail. I know that most people I correspond with use Gmail, so it's somewhat pointless, but at least my use of Protonmail adds some friction to the system when I use it for buying stuff.
- mark_l_watson 6y ago
  I feel the same way. I am happy to do little things to push back on surveillance capitalism. Of topic, but the ProtonMail service just keeps getting better and better. I just tried Hey email for about 5 days, really liked the pretty UI, but it felt good to switch back to ProtonMail.
millstone 6y ago
Which is why Amazon has stopped including your order contents in the confirmation or shipment emails. What a stupid outcome.
MaxBarraclough 6y ago
Google promise not to scan your Gmail emails for ad purposes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918595 , https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603
mark_l_watson 6y ago
right on. I use ProtonMail but most of my email is with people who are on gmail. Oh well. I know it would be very niche but it would be interesting to see an online store built around Signal, or something similar (assuming a proper privacy policy on not monetizing your data).

If you use google for email they already have your order history...

by surbas 6y ago

If you use google for email they already have your order history...

I noticed Amazon has stopped informing you what you actually purchased in their confirmation emails (though the emails still have other purchase suggestions in them). I'm guessing that might be partially to prevent the info from being conveyed to Google in Gmail.

three_seagrass 6y ago
I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.
- Hokusai 6y ago
  > I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement. Yes. I saw that while in China. I would get push notifications from Gmail and I was able to know what was the mail about without access to Gmail. But, for Facebook I would only get "You got a message". And that was totally unhelpful. Now, I knew that I had a message that I was not able to access too. Seriously infuriating.
- Corrado 6y ago
  I think it can be for both giving less data to Google and to get you to re-engage at Amazon.
  - three_seagrass 6y ago
    Nope. Google hasn't been mining gmail emails since 2017.

ravenstine 6y ago

Precisely why I don't use Gmail. I know that most people I correspond with use Gmail, so it's somewhat pointless, but at least my use of Protonmail adds some friction to the system when I use it for buying stuff.

mark_l_watson 6y ago
I feel the same way. I am happy to do little things to push back on surveillance capitalism. Of topic, but the ProtonMail service just keeps getting better and better. I just tried Hey email for about 5 days, really liked the pretty UI, but it felt good to switch back to ProtonMail.

millstone 6y ago

Which is why Amazon has stopped including your order contents in the confirmation or shipment emails. What a stupid outcome.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago

Google promise not to scan your Gmail emails for ad purposes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918595 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918595 , https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603

mark_l_watson 6y ago

right on. I use ProtonMail but most of my email is with people who are on gmail. Oh well. I know it would be very niche but it would be interesting to see an online store built around Signal, or something similar (assuming a proper privacy policy on not monetizing your data).