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People have tried this idea before and it's never gone down well. There were those old Safari search plugins that injected Amazon affiliate links into the resul
by FuzzyDunlop 14y ago
People have tried this idea before and it's never gone down well. There were those old Safari search plugins that injected Amazon affiliate links into the results, or otherwise replaced existing ones with their own. That caused outrage.
The other thing is, I don't want my experience on Amazon to be modified by the things I type into my OS's search box, which I would expect to be private. What if, in a fit of loneliness, I search for my porn directory, then get a bunch of related items appearing on my Amazon front page?
- takluyver 14y agoThe current set up has your search queries going to a server Canonical runs, which does anonymised searching of Amazon. I appreciate that's not that much better, but it does mean it won't affect your Amazon suggestions.
- human_error 14y agoIf you're on static IP it's not really anonymous. It wouldn't take too much time to associate the IP and the user.