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I use Google to search Amazon products. As a last resort I search by the exact product name. Amazon search has always been garbage and with 3rd party seller pro

I use Google to search Amazon products. As a last resort I search by the exact product name. Amazon search has always been garbage and with 3rd party seller products flooding Amazon it was bound to get worse. Amazon (at least in India) resembles flea market at this point; don't shop for expensive products and buy only from big brand stores.

autoexec 5y ago
> I use Google to search Amazon products I'd recommend avoiding that generally since it's just handing Google a list of your amazon purchases (and it's bad enough to have Amazon using that data against you), but Google will just buy lists of your purchases from the credit card companies or your bank anyway
- spzb 5y ago
  How does a credit card company know what I'm buying? They only see the vendor and the value
  - autoexec 5y ago
    With enough other data points it's enough to verify what you got. Google's willing to spend millions to get this data for exactly that reason. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17801880/google-mastercard-data-online-ads-offline-purchase-history-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17801880/google-mastercar...
- 8note 5y ago
  If you've got a Gmail account, what's the difference?
  - autoexec 5y ago
    True enough, Google will look through your email (and other google services) for receipts and order confirmations to figure you what you're buying. Obviously anything you buy using Google pay will give them info too. The more google products and services you use the more they will know about you. Still, while you can never hope to starve the beast, it's best not to feed it any more than you have to.
    - slater 5y ago
      Wasn't there some blurb making the rounds that that's exactly why Amazon stopped listing WHAT has shipped to you? i.e. they used to send you an e-mail, itemizing all your stuff you have coming. Now they just send you a "your order has been delivered" e-mail with a link for more info.

autoexec 5y ago

> I use Google to search Amazon products I'd recommend avoiding that generally since it's just handing Google a list of your amazon purchases (and it's bad enough to have Amazon using that data against you), but Google will just buy lists of your purchases from the credit card companies or your bank anyway

spzb 5y ago
How does a credit card company know what I'm buying? They only see the vendor and the value
- autoexec 5y ago
  With enough other data points it's enough to verify what you got. Google's willing to spend millions to get this data for exactly that reason. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17801880/google-mastercard-data-online-ads-offline-purchase-history-privacy https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/30/17801880/google-mastercar...
8note 5y ago
If you've got a Gmail account, what's the difference?
- autoexec 5y ago
  True enough, Google will look through your email (and other google services) for receipts and order confirmations to figure you what you're buying. Obviously anything you buy using Google pay will give them info too. The more google products and services you use the more they will know about you. Still, while you can never hope to starve the beast, it's best not to feed it any more than you have to.
  - slater 5y ago
    Wasn't there some blurb making the rounds that that's exactly why Amazon stopped listing WHAT has shipped to you? i.e. they used to send you an e-mail, itemizing all your stuff you have coming. Now they just send you a "your order has been delivered" e-mail with a link for more info.