<story><title>Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Facebook</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-21/amazon-said-to-launch-mobile-ads-in-threat-to-google-facebook</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jak92</author><text>I am using Amazon less and less these days, buying elsewhere if given a reasonable choice.&lt;p&gt;I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc.  They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company.&lt;p&gt;just let me make a purchase and let that be it.  at least other retailers give you the option of using a &amp;#x27;loyalty&amp;#x27; card if you want to be tracked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>h3throw</author><text>&amp;gt; I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company.&lt;p&gt;In order to make a purchase of X it is required that another party exists to make a sale of X. Let&amp;#x27;s call this transaction A. Why do you believe that the metadata of transaction A is owned solely by the purchaser and is not equally owned by the seller?&lt;p&gt;Even further, is there really a differentiation between the purchaser and the seller? It&amp;#x27;s really just an exchange of a good or service for dollars where the &amp;quot;buyer&amp;quot; is the one with the dollars and the &amp;quot;seller&amp;quot; is the one with the good or service.</text></comment>
<story><title>Amazon to Launch Mobile Ads, in a Threat to Google and Facebook</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-21/amazon-said-to-launch-mobile-ads-in-threat-to-google-facebook</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jak92</author><text>I am using Amazon less and less these days, buying elsewhere if given a reasonable choice.&lt;p&gt;I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc.  They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company.&lt;p&gt;just let me make a purchase and let that be it.  at least other retailers give you the option of using a &amp;#x27;loyalty&amp;#x27; card if you want to be tracked.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>icelancer</author><text>&amp;gt; I do not want my buying habits mined , bought and sold, etc. They are my property and not subject to the whimms of amazon or any other company.&lt;p&gt;This happens at any online store you purchase something at. This isn&amp;#x27;t unique to Amazon.</text></comment>