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Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by ryacko on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:01AM (#18606224)
It is good that Amazon funded this documentary.
Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by benibraz on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:39AM (#18606361)
Yeah, this is actually quite funny. You can also watch it on iTunes. Are Amazon and Apple exceptions with respect to selling your information? (I'm genuinely asking)
Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by klohto on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @03:47AM (#18606639)
Apple’s whole stance is to protect your data. They don’t sell it.

Don’t know about Amazon but I think they use it for their own services only as they’re not advertising company. ---- EDIT: Brain fart, ignore

Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by ipsum2 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:15AM (#18606774)
Amazon made $2 billion last quarter in advertisements. This is easily searchable, but here's the first result I found: https://marketingland.com/analysts-say-amazons-advertising-b...

As a comparison, Twitter made $758M in revenue last quarter.

Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by creato on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @03:43AM (#18606618)
Source?

Based on this link [1] posted elsewhere in this thread, if it is true that Amazon funded this, that has the potential to backfire spectacularly.

[1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/19/17878332/creepy-line-anti...

Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by ipsum2 on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @04:16AM (#18606778)
It's streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Now. Exclusives are funded by the company producing them (e.g. Netflix, Hulu, Youtube, etc)
Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by lgleason on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @08:49AM (#18608119)
Amazon didn't fund this.
Re:The Creepy Line: a documentary about Google, Facebook and... by jamisteven on Wednesday December 05, 2018 @02:46AM (#18606387)
Seems like a conflict of interest really.