Can someone explain why Rakuten is considered bad? I understand that using the app allows Rakuten to build a high-level profile to understand your shopping habits. While keeping information private is preferable, if it’s already out there, what practical harm can a company actually do with it?
…If I go out and buy beanie babies? What are they gonna do about it? Show me more ads for Beanie Babies? If I just saved 10% on my 50k purchase on Batty the Bat do I care?
Practically is it worse than information someone can gleam from your social media?
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Did you read the t’s and c’s? In full??
Businesses always prefer apps because they can snoop on your data from other apps because no one reads the t’s and c’s.
Just make sure you think the loss of privacy is worth the saving for you
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