I'd argue most people do not even realize they click on ads. My mother! The ad call-outs got so inconspicuous that they're almost indistinguishable from ordinary search results. And if you don't realize that and just click on the top results, you're amongst the top profitable users.
Hm I don't understand your point here. I do not know their Android app either but looked up the screenshots and this seems to be pretty similar to their iOS app, which is basically a small, highly functional and incredibly fast version of their website (which means you get all the features like creating aliases as well). Sadly, this means there is pretty much no offline capability. At least until now, but I know they're working on that.
»[...] we found that App Tracking Transparency made no difference in the total number of active third-party trackers, and had a minimal impact on the total number of third-party tracking connection attempts. We further confirmed that detailed personal or device data was being sent to trackers in almost all cases. ATT was functionally useless in stopping third-party tracking, even when users explicitly choose “Ask App Not To Track”.«
No, this is definitely a COVID scenario. There have been spot checks in the past because of the high number of refugees but this was back in 2015 or 16. Took a sleeper in February this year, crossed four borders, no checks at all.
I wonder if that is really such a big thing ...? Is Google (the Ad and online service company) really a competitor of Amazon (the online retailer)? In what way does Google make use of trends in online shopping? And furthermore: how many companies out there are harvesting emails, and what technology are they using? Most emails are sent using e2e encryption/Tls nowadays. Gruber mentions Edison Mail in the article ... are there more? And do webmail/freemail services sell these data to big data companies?
In that light, I think I like that move by Amazon. It protects their data and my data as well. Win-win.
I guess no. They don't even put order information in emails when items are in the delivery vehicle and determined to be delivered that day. You just see the price information, not the items. That feels indeed a bit inconvenient for me particularly when I ordered a couple of things and this order is split up in different deliveries.