Amazon Associates by Amazon (amazon-adsystem.com)
“Amazon derives many of its sales from third-party sellers who sell products on Amazon… Associates receive a commission for referring customers to Amazon by placing links to Amazon on their websites.” – Source
Ethical design violations
(Learn more about Ethical Design.)
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tracker
Monetises you.
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web bug
Invisible tracking pixel.
Block rule
Block domain amazon-adsystem.com
amazon-adsystem.com
Prevalence
Epidemic: found on 7.8% of surveyed sites (572 instances observed).
Notes
- “Each time your web page is viewed, the script will load and count your Basic Display Product Links and Text Links on that page. We record the number of Amazon links on the web page as the number of Amazon impressions on that page.” Source
- “We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us. For example, like many Web sites, we use "cookies," and we obtain certain types of information when your Web browser accesses Amazon.com or advertisements and other content served by or on behalf of Amazon.com on other Web sites.” Source
- “Like other online ad networks, we use cookies, web beacons (also known as action tags or single-pixel gifs)” (also know as web bugs.) Source
About Better
Better is a Safari content blocker for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It protects you from trackers and malvertising by enforcing the principles of Ethical Design.