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[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Healthcare is already heavily corporatized in the US, this is just another worsening step.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago

Have you used this service? Can you tell me if it's better or worse than other medical services available?

[-] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I haven’t yet.

[-] treefrog@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

A poster above has.

I don't trust Amazon to shop with.

I expect it's only a matter of time before there's a huge HIPAA violation when we find out they're using health info to sell us shit.

[-] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 year ago

😂

The hate for Amazon is real here I guess.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There are a myriad of reasons why this is bad, and feel free to ask for explanation of any. This is just off the top of my head.

  • A single large monopolistic corporation should not have access to your purchasing and medical history
  • A single breach can now mean purchasing history and medical history
  • Huge potential for ads targeted for a person showing up on a device that isn't strictly theirs (like a family computer) that by doing so endangers their well-being.
  • Reselling of "anonymous" medical info (it'll happen) that is super easy to tie back to previously purchased Amazon info.
  • Third-parties who purchase info not having as hardened security as Amazon leaving data out in the open
  • AI/algoithmic price-gouging on items based on medical data
  • Even more god damned lobbying for anti-patient/anti-consumer based changes to health care law with the financial power of Amazon behind it
  • This sets the bar for other Big Tech and what they also have to do to stay competitive
  • Contacting Amazon customer service for errant prescription/care charges

Do you really want Jeff Bezos and an Amazon Board of Directors death panel deciding what care you receive?

this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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