If you use google for email they already have your order history...

I noticed Amazon has stopped informing you what you actually purchased in their confirmation emails (though the emails still have other purchase suggestions in them). I'm guessing that might be partially to prevent the info from being conveyed to Google in Gmail.

I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.

> I can almost guarantee it's to get you to click back into the store for re-engagement.

Yes. I saw that while in China. I would get push notifications from Gmail and I was able to know what was the mail about without access to Gmail. But, for Facebook I would only get "You got a message". And that was totally unhelpful. Now, I knew that I had a message that I was not able to access too. Seriously infuriating.

I think it can be for both giving less data to Google and to get you to re-engage at Amazon.

Nope. Google hasn't been mining gmail emails since 2017.

Google promise not to scan your Gmail emails for ad purposes.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21918595 , https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6603

Precisely why I don't use Gmail. I know that most people I correspond with use Gmail, so it's somewhat pointless, but at least my use of Protonmail adds some friction to the system when I use it for buying stuff.

I feel the same way. I am happy to do little things to push back on surveillance capitalism.

Of topic, but the ProtonMail service just keeps getting better and better. I just tried Hey email for about 5 days, really liked the pretty UI, but it felt good to switch back to ProtonMail.

Which is why Amazon has stopped including your order contents in the confirmation or shipment emails. What a stupid outcome.

right on.

I use ProtonMail but most of my email is with people who are on gmail. Oh well.

I know it would be very niche but it would be interesting to see an online store built around Signal, or something similar (assuming a proper privacy policy on not monetizing your data).

Almost everyone sells your purchase history to everyone, including to Google.

Yes. Unless you pay in person with cash, your purchase data will be brokered.

I still want a way to pay with "cash" over the internet, e.g. a prepaid card which I can buy with cash and isn't tied to any person's name or address.

That would be cool for donations too. I often would like to compensate software devs or content creators, but I hate having to create an account and/or share credit card info.

I think someone mentioned "burner" cards a while back.

Privacy.com the App. Let's you do this with burner cards.

Visa and Mastercard have prepaid anonymous debitcards. Then there's cryptocurrencies...

But you still need stuff to be delivered, which means they have your name and address, along with contact information, which can be used to match your purchase history,

If I was Amazon I wouldn't be selling purchase history to Google. Why would I ? I have no need of the money and Google is one of the few entities that present a visible threat to my well being.

Amazon, like every other retail service, has reciprocity agreements with payers (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX, etc.)

Amazon gives up your purchase history to get it from everyone else, for that sweet product retargeting.