• 800XL@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There are a myriad of reasons why this is bad, and feel free to ask for explanation of any. This is just off the top of my head.

    • A single large monopolistic corporation should not have access to your purchasing and medical history
    • A single breach can now mean purchasing history and medical history
    • Huge potential for ads targeted for a person showing up on a device that isn’t strictly theirs (like a family computer) that by doing so endangers their well-being.
    • Reselling of “anonymous” medical info (it’ll happen) that is super easy to tie back to previously purchased Amazon info.
    • Third-parties who purchase info not having as hardened security as Amazon leaving data out in the open
    • AI/algoithmic price-gouging on items based on medical data
    • Even more god damned lobbying for anti-patient/anti-consumer based changes to health care law with the financial power of Amazon behind it
    • This sets the bar for other Big Tech and what they also have to do to stay competitive
    • Contacting Amazon customer service for errant prescription/care charges

    Do you really want Jeff Bezos and an Amazon Board of Directors death panel deciding what care you receive?