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[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What am I not seeing? How does this improve datamining capabilities?

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[–] Vespair@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Target can track your purchases when you shop at Target, but can't really do that when you're shopping at a local store. Same applies here.

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[–] llama@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But you can't shop at Target with some random app, only the Target app. Even a small business has an accessible pathway to publish their app. Besides Fortnite and my gimbal nobody out here trying to educate customers on how to install their apk file.

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[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

They mean a physical Target store, not a phone app. Target can track customers walking in and out the door and what they buy, how long they stay, etc. but they can't track anything about you if you just go to a different store, especially something like a small business which isn't hooked into the ad data sponge.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Also if the CEO of target decides he really doesn't like a popular shirt and is able to force everyone to only shop at target, then he can come a lot closer to snuffing out the existence of that shirt.

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[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Some apps let you watch YouTube without being a YouTube app.

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