Motorola says affiliate hijacking of Amazon app was ‘unintended’

Motorola says that recently discovered behavior, which saw some of its phones sending users to an affiliate tracking website before opening the Amazon app, was "unintended" and has been "promptly corrected." The company didn't explain how the error was introduced in the first place.

"Recently, Motorola acted quickly to resolve an issue that was identified, which caused some users in the US launching the Amazon Shopping app to be routed through a web tracking link before opening the app. This behavior was unintended and resulted in an inconsistent user experience," Allison Yi, Motorola's executive director of product management, told The Ver …

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