And neither Amazon nor your employer have allocated the resources to catch the cheating before the product goes to the consumer.
That's not true. You don't have to check every single item, if you know who you're buying from. Amazon doesn't know who they're buying from, because they don't take the time to check their suppliers.
We buy from known suppliers. We know who we're buying from and what we're buying. Amazon is selling anything from anybody. Those two things are opposites.
I don't know what you're talking about, opening every product and testing it before selling it. I don't know what that has to do with this conversation.
we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, IP address, location information and credit card information.
Brick and mortar stores don't inspect each and every product as it comes into the store.
That's bullshit. I work in an independent briack-and-mortar chain with 30,000 SKU's, and we know each and every product we bring in.
Why are you so eager to defend Amazon, which is clearly interested in screwing over its customers? Amazon could absolutely verify all of the products they sell. They choose not to.
How did you come about this "understanding"? My understanding is that Apple sells all of your data to anybody and everybody. As per their privacy policy: Apple shares personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders, delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Apple operates.
n both cases they're not treated as individuals (from a buying point of view) by the health insurance industry, instead they're treated as part of a group (on the exchanges this is called "community rating")
How do you think insurers come up with group pricing...?
Slackware was my first (of many) attempts at using Linux, and it was less than successful. I love the fact that it's still going after such a (relatively) long time, compared to other OSS projects that often don't last very long. My question is: Is it usable yet? Is it worth trying again? Or, is it still only for super hardcore Unix people, only?
Slashdot used to be a site that had people who were interested in privacy, and corporate responsibility, among other things. Now, it's just filled with more of "where can I get shit the cheapest on my cellphones" zombies, like the rest of the Net. This is gross and sad. Slashdot should have an article titled, "Fuck Amazon", and we should discuss the various reasons to fuck Amazon. Instead, this article, like all others about Amazon, will be filled with smug assholes saying how much they love saving a few pennies and the wonderful convenience of not having to move their fat asses or help our their local community.
But go ahead, fuckers. Tell me how wonderful God/Lover/Big Brother/Amazon has made your life so much better, in exchange for your fucking dignity. Tell me how happy you are to tell Apple and Google and Amazon and Facebook where you are at all hours of the day, what you're doing, and even give them full audio recordings (video: coming soon!) of your entire life, all so you can save $0.25 to get your toilet paper delivered to your door. Tell me how a cheap of a whore you are. Tell me how you don't give a flying fuck about your neighbors, or anybody but yourself, for that matter. Tell me all about it. I've got some karma to burn.
That really is a shame. That leaves only two types of smart phones, both of which are shit for privacy. At least the Windows Phone didn't require any kind of log in to use it.
The US only cares about the White and the Wealthy. Being part of the US didn't help those thousands of people killed in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. PR would be better off if they left the US entirely.
Moving energy by powerline is no way cheaper than moving petro to your gas station
Are you kidding? You think that a network of pumps, rigs, refining factories, trucks, boats, pipelines, etc is "in no way cheaper" than some static power lines? Have you recently been hit in the head with a heavy object?
You have a tiny starter account that most people would outgrow in a few weeks. Anything usable costs money. That's why they don't go through your email.
That's because you have to pay for Protonmail. I can't imagine any company that's providing email for a fee is going to scour email. They could be sued.
But giving away free movie tickets is an absurdly expensive way to grab this data. People willingly give their data away for free in exchange for an electronic gee gaw. Give people a stupid fucking emoji or gif or something equally as useless, and they can have all of that data for free.
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And neither Amazon nor your employer have allocated the resources to catch the cheating before the product goes to the consumer.
That's not true. You don't have to check every single item, if you know who you're buying from. Amazon doesn't know who they're buying from, because they don't take the time to check their suppliers.
We buy from known suppliers. We know who we're buying from and what we're buying. Amazon is selling anything from anybody. Those two things are opposites.
I don't know what you're talking about, opening every product and testing it before selling it. I don't know what that has to do with this conversation.
So, you're saying you open each and every individual item that comes into the store and test it?
Yes. That's what stores used to do. We still do it. That's probably why we're still in business (and doing well).
Smartphones should be treated like asbestos.
.... in that you don't give them to your children to play with? I agree. You also probably shouldn't eat or breathe cell phones, either.
Also from the privacy policy:
we may collect a variety of information, including your name, mailing address, phone number, email address, contact preferences, device identifiers, IP address, location information and credit card information.
Why would you do business with a company where you "hope" to get authentic products? That seems pretty weird to me.
Brick and mortar stores don't inspect each and every product as it comes into the store.
That's bullshit. I work in an independent briack-and-mortar chain with 30,000 SKU's, and we know each and every product we bring in.
Why are you so eager to defend Amazon, which is clearly interested in screwing over its customers? Amazon could absolutely verify all of the products they sell. They choose not to.
How did you come about this "understanding"? My understanding is that Apple sells all of your data to anybody and everybody. As per their privacy policy:
Apple shares personal information with companies who provide services such as information processing, extending credit, fulfilling customer orders, delivering products to you, managing and enhancing customer data, providing customer service, assessing your interest in our products and services, and conducting customer research or satisfaction surveys. These companies are obligated to protect your information and may be located wherever Apple operates.
Why not say something is "nothing"? What does a "burger" have to do with anything? I'm very confused.
What does this even mean? What's a "nothingburger"? Is that some stupid social media word?
Amazon sells anything they can get paid for. They really don't care, just like their customers.
n both cases they're not treated as individuals (from a buying point of view) by the health insurance industry, instead they're treated as part of a group (on the exchanges this is called "community rating")
How do you think insurers come up with group pricing...?
Slackware was my first (of many) attempts at using Linux, and it was less than successful. I love the fact that it's still going after such a (relatively) long time, compared to other OSS projects that often don't last very long. My question is: Is it usable yet? Is it worth trying again? Or, is it still only for super hardcore Unix people, only?
Slashdot used to be a site that had people who were interested in privacy, and corporate responsibility, among other things. Now, it's just filled with more of "where can I get shit the cheapest on my cellphones" zombies, like the rest of the Net. This is gross and sad. Slashdot should have an article titled, "Fuck Amazon", and we should discuss the various reasons to fuck Amazon. Instead, this article, like all others about Amazon, will be filled with smug assholes saying how much they love saving a few pennies and the wonderful convenience of not having to move their fat asses or help our their local community.
But go ahead, fuckers. Tell me how wonderful God/Lover/Big Brother/Amazon has made your life so much better, in exchange for your fucking dignity. Tell me how happy you are to tell Apple and Google and Amazon and Facebook where you are at all hours of the day, what you're doing, and even give them full audio recordings (video: coming soon!) of your entire life, all so you can save $0.25 to get your toilet paper delivered to your door. Tell me how a cheap of a whore you are. Tell me how you don't give a flying fuck about your neighbors, or anybody but yourself, for that matter. Tell me all about it. I've got some karma to burn.
That really is a shame. That leaves only two types of smart phones, both of which are shit for privacy. At least the Windows Phone didn't require any kind of log in to use it.
The US only cares about the White and the Wealthy. Being part of the US didn't help those thousands of people killed in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. PR would be better off if they left the US entirely.
Moving energy by powerline is no way cheaper than moving petro to your gas station
Are you kidding? You think that a network of pumps, rigs, refining factories, trucks, boats, pipelines, etc is "in no way cheaper" than some static power lines? Have you recently been hit in the head with a heavy object?
"Will the commissions add up to the effort needed to support all those other coin types"?
What effort? It's just software. Set it up once, and forget about it.
We could do with less civility in this country.
I hope you and your friend and your family die from your and their pre-existing conditions when they lose their health care. Fuck off and die.
See how "less civility" works? Is that really what you think you want?
You have a tiny starter account that most people would outgrow in a few weeks. Anything usable costs money. That's why they don't go through your email.
I wish I could be as hopeful about humanity as you are.
Eventually people will come back to wanting to own copies of things they like.
I think you're grossly overestimating the average person's intelligence.
That's because you have to pay for Protonmail. I can't imagine any company that's providing email for a fee is going to scour email. They could be sued.
But giving away free movie tickets is an absurdly expensive way to grab this data. People willingly give their data away for free in exchange for an electronic gee gaw. Give people a stupid fucking emoji or gif or something equally as useless, and they can have all of that data for free.
I certainly did not miss it. That's the business I work in. We saw how stupid it was, and just waited for them to die.