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I've had a Costco membership for over 20 years. I'll be letting it expire when my yearly renewal runs out. My privacy is worth more than the insignificant dis

• bigstrat2003 2y ago
  I don't disagree with your actions, but make no mistake: you won't be the first of many. Unfortunately the market has shown us again and again that people a) don't look deeply into the business model and mostly care about price, and b) even if they did bother to look into it they don't value privacy. I wish it were otherwise, but sadly it just isn't.
  • webdoodle 2y ago
    You can try to manage perception as much as you like, but the facts are: Many people value there privacy, and will dump companies that abuse the privilege of purchasing products from them.
    • seaal 2y ago
      Seems like an insignificant enough number of people that companies will continue to make the choice to sell your data rather than appease privacy conscious individuals.
    • cootsnuck 2y ago
      I save too much on gas to do that. Just gonna use their opt out and still save me some money.
• x0x0 2y ago
  fwiw, the most beneficial way of doing this for Costco is also relatively private. That is, companies tell Costco who they want to target and then costco shows the ads on their behalf. This maximizes value for Costco because advertisers have no alternative to paying Costco each and every time they want to show an ad. It also mostly prevents data exfiltration.