this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2025
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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 17 points 6 months ago

"Amazon apologized and then said they would be sure to track you openly in the future." Not like anyone's going to do anything about it.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 16 points 6 months ago

Mega corps gonna mega corp and daddy Sam let's them..... Protect yourself

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 10 points 6 months ago

🎵 You used to track me through my cell phone 🎶

[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Whocouldhaveseenthiscoming? 😮

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

✨Uninstall✨

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Original article is from KRON, a Bay Area local news org owned by NexStar Media.

At any rate, that's enough for me to uninstall their app. It does make me wonder what apps use their Amazon Ads SDK.