The author spent almost $50 buying junk on Temu just to try it out. Such profligate spending habits are why Americans' private data is worth so much in the firs

The author spent almost $50 buying junk on Temu just to try it out. Such profligate spending habits are why Americans' private data is worth so much in the first place, and Temu can tap into that directly. Hence also the constant reminder emails to hopefully trigger more impulse buys "because it's cheap." The goods are even cheaper than that at the factory gate...