• zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 minutes ago

    I looked at mine, it didn’t have anything insulting, but it had a lot of outdated stuff which makes sense as I cut my Amazon usage down to almost nothing since a couple of years ago.

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    2 minutes ago

    This is the only thing that isn’t “likely interested in electronics [because I buy some niche parts off amazon]” or “likely uses [brand of phone I have occasionally bought screen protectors for]”

    Aaaaaand it’s wrong! So, a little disappointed there. Was hoping for something super judgemental. Man though, it’d be interesting to see what this service would make of my lemmy profile…

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    3 hours ago

    Mine just says I like analog and vintage photography stuff and lacy and shiny clothes. Neither of which are very shocking.

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      3 hours ago

      Yeah, mine was just wrong. It says “likely lives in name of vacation spot,” even though I went there just twice this year and had some stuff shipped. The rest of the site knows my actual address but this “about me” section doesn’t.

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      1 hour ago

      I found it in the location the article said. I had to enter from the browser in “desktop mode” with my phone, but the section was empty

  • ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 hours ago

    This should shock no one and if anything the shocking thing is transparency (though that is likely a ploy as I guarantee based on these articles plenty of people will go view it to correct the record, giving Amazon a great source of refinement for ad tracking)

    Literally every major website (and basically every website that run JavaScript for that matter) tracks and profiles you. Your tv does the same, as does your phone and almost all the apps on it, etc. and the profiling they don’t show you definitely exists: race, political affiliation/leaning, income estimates, address, educational level, health issues, etc

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    11 hours ago

    I was sort of unimpressed with mine. It was all variations of:

    -Likely lives in <city where I have every order shipped>

    -Likely owns <thing I buy accessories for>

    And then for some reason it thinks I own a Dodge Ram. I have four vehicles saved to my account. None of them are a Dodge Ram.

  • Jeffool @lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    If this is as good as they get, they should be embarrassed about how much money they’ve spent on this stuff. Oh, I prefer the brand of product that I bought multiple times? Shocking!

    I’m not surprised though. I bought a microwave through Amazon about a year ago. They showed me other microwaves for like a month after. So dumb.

  • M137@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    Was always glad to have never been an Amazon customer, even more so now.