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by ntaylor 2698 days ago
Somewhat more sinister, I think, is that they added a TTL on the Amazon Smile opt-in. Now, you must re-opt-in every 90 (I think) days.

Fair bet that this small change substantially hurts the effectiveness of this charity and drives a whole bunch of money back to Amazon.
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lenocinor 2698 days ago
Amazon used to remind me when I wasn't on smile.amazon.com back when I used to go to www.amazon.com instead sometimes. Testing it right now, it doesn't seem like they do this anymore. :(
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vatueil 2696 days ago
Prompts to use Amazon Smile do still appear. It's just that the reminders don't pop up every time you visit a non-smile domain.

Haven't seen any 90-day time limit as the parent comment mentions.

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lupire 2698 days ago
Does Prime also require a re-opt-in every 90 days? oh....
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