I really wish more people would include short summaries in their posts so I don’t have to read 12 paragraphs of bloat on a heavy webpage.
”As customers shop with us more frequently, including on their phones, and use the ‘Your Orders’ page in the Amazon app to get real-time, consolidated order details and delivery status, we’ve simplified several order-related emails to direct customers to our app and website for the latest information on their orders,” spokesperson Maxine Tagay said in an email. “This also reduces customer information shared outside the Amazon app and website to further improve customer privacy.”
In other words: It’s a way to hedge against the DoorDash problem by hiding the meaty information on Amazon’s properties, and to keep customers visiting the retailer directly.
Yet again it’s another thing AI is ruining and another way for companies to claw back value for themselves at the expense of their users.
Not adequately. They simply say there’s some vague “need” to get people to visit the app/site, but they don’t outline WHY that’s harmful to the company if people can get the information directly.
My guess? It’s about data protection. Amazon doesn’t want Google via gmail to learn exactly what you’re buying. By holding it in house they can better target you than anyone else, and also sell this “high value data” to data brokers
fuck amazon. i literally just built an email scraper so i can use this exact email as a way to understand where my disposable amazon spending is going. because of course they don’t offer any way to export your purchases to analyze your spending.
I really wish more people would include short summaries in their posts so I don’t have to read 12 paragraphs of bloat on a heavy webpage.
Yet again it’s another thing AI is ruining and another way for companies to claw back value for themselves at the expense of their users.
Does the article explain what the “DoorDash problem” is?
Not adequately. They simply say there’s some vague “need” to get people to visit the app/site, but they don’t outline WHY that’s harmful to the company if people can get the information directly.
My guess? It’s about data protection. Amazon doesn’t want Google via gmail to learn exactly what you’re buying. By holding it in house they can better target you than anyone else, and also sell this “high value data” to data brokers
Yes
fuck amazon. i literally just built an email scraper so i can use this exact email as a way to understand where my disposable amazon spending is going. because of course they don’t offer any way to export your purchases to analyze your spending.