Wasn’t PayPal offering to “fine” you if they learned of behavior they didn’t like? All of social media has been doing this years. The nice people have been nice way too long.

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Originally posted by smschulz:
...how can Amazon even do this without violating their privacy?

That's the whole point. When you allow these devices in your home, you give up your right to privacy.

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Originally posted by Jupiter:
It hasn't been that long ago that everyone here would have been shocked at Amazon's actions. Today, none of us are surprised because stories like this have become common. What we're seeing is a partnership between government, media and big business to normalize the punishment of anyone who doesn't conform.

This is true. It's incrementalism; totalitarians creeping along, slow but steady.

Woody saw it coming.

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It's incrementalism; totalitarians creeping along, slow but steady.

Reminds me of a College Psychology course that touched on B. F. Skinner and successive approximations.

The solution is simple, get off Anti-Social Media, people stop using a platform and it tanks, MySpace tanked, a better mousetrap in Facebook came along.

Someone will displace Facebook one day, tech advances at lightspeed, who knows what it will be, but it's coming.

We have all the power and none of the will to change it... transportable digital content ie Smart Phones have infected society, turned people into introverts and with algorithms, programmed peoples minds...

I really need you people to stop using Amazon.

I syopped when they dropped the Smile program.

What was the alleged racist slur that sounds like 'Excuse me, can I help you?'?