A discount for Prime members gives new attention to the health care service, though it's far from the only service out there.
      • Night Monkey@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        35·
        1 year ago

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

        • treefrogEnglish
          11·
          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.

    • 800XL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      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?