• BigPotato@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Right? Of all the things Amazon should know about me, how does it only know that I like to buy things I’ve bought off Amazon? Is it because I don’t use an Alexa or have Fire tablets?

    Like “invested in the Nintendo Switch.” Yeah, of course they’d know that. There’s no “is a dweeb” or “bought Catherine: Full Body” or anything fun like that. “Bought ND filters for a camera.” The weirdest one claims I buy “high end” audio equipment when I bought one of their cheapest pre-amps.

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      7 days ago

      Is it because I don’t use an Alexa or have Fire tablets?

      No. I have multiple Alexa’s, a fire stick, and used to have multiple Fire tablets. Maybe they actually follow through when you set preferences to not track

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        6 days ago

        Mine is similar. I have several Alexas and a Fire tablet, too.

        My data is mostly correct and based on my purchase history, with a couple of entries seeming to be inferences based on my history, and most of them are wrong (it thinks I have an infant under 1 year old; no idea why it thinks that). All my entries are pretty boring.