PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
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Re: PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
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#3I guess they get to squeeze more money out of my transactions. I miss the days of boring ads that were contextual on the site you were on and not trying to pry into my life in creepy ways.
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#4PayPal is the last of my "dirty internet habits" that I've been whittling down. I think this provides me with more than enough motivation to finally get rid of it entirely.
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#5Before you say "another reason to stop using Paypal", keep in mind that credit card companies routinely share purchase data with online advertising companies. This is so that Google and others can tie online impressions to brick-and-mortar purchases, among other things.
Paypal is playing catch-up.
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#6PayPal is the last of my "dirty internet habits" that I've been whittling down. I think this provides me with more than enough motivation to finally get rid of it entirely.
Unless you also don't use Visa/Mastercard/Amex, you're being hypocritical. PayPal is a better choice than any of those.
Re: PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
#7Before you say "another reason to stop using Paypal", keep in mind that credit card companies routinely share purchase data with online advertising companies. This is so that Google and others can tie online impressions to brick-and-mortar purchases, among other things. Paypal is playing catch-up.
Is there any credit card or banking company that doesn't do this?
Re: PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
#8Before you say "another reason to stop using Paypal", keep in mind that credit card companies routinely share purchase data with online advertising companies. This is so that Google and others can tie online impressions to brick-and-mortar purchases, among other things. Paypal is playing catch-up.
True, but it's still a great reason to stop using PayPal.
Re: PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
#9PayPal is the last of my "dirty internet habits" that I've been whittling down. I think this provides me with more than enough motivation to finally get rid of it entirely.
Unless you also don't use Visa/Mastercard/Amex, you're being hypocritical. PayPal is a better choice than any of those.
Hypocritical, or just haven't got that far in my efforts yet? Paypal is much easier to jettison than the others. Just because the others also spy on me doesn't mean I have some sort of responsibility to allow PayPal to do it as well.
That said, I do indeed avoid using credit cards when I can. That's not always possible. However, it is always possible to avoid using PayPal.
Re: PayPal is planning an ad business using data on its shoppers
#10Before you say "another reason to stop using Paypal", keep in mind that credit card companies routinely share purchase data with online advertising companies. This is so that Google and others can tie online impressions to brick-and-mortar purchases, among other things. Paypal is playing catch-up.
Another reason to stop using credit card companies