when I have to put more time and care into searching for some inexpensive part than I used to do on a deep specialized Google search (with dates and domains and boolean operators) I know it's gone off the rails
with the fun bonus of maybe still getting low-quality junk even if you made no mistakes
i just had to deal with randomly being charged 150$ for a yearly prime subscription i didnt buy
the cause? i used my card once on my brothers account (he was the one who was actually meant to be charged for prime) and since they couldnt charge him they went down the list of saved cards
My brother used to work for a company that did trademark enforcement and they had a whole team who just spent all day emailing Amazon and asking them to de-list fake products.
very unnerving benchmark observed yesterday when i searched a couple different names of military aircraft & instead of the toy & model kit results i'd get a year ago it's all a bunch of dubious book titles & bot-shops offering to screen-print said aircraft on tshirts
We found these great and innovative products for taking care of your canary! Fresh from the 3D printer and delivered to you by the trusted MMERAIUR brand
Like 10 years ago I understood Amazon as existing because they had products that people paid money to have shipped to them, now I understand they exist because of 10 warlocks chanting in a cave as I scroll past 85 sponsored ads for unregulated Ramen until I reach the Buldak chicken
Especially the part where there's whole outlets that steal anything with a good design and make it their own with bigger financial backing and there's no recourse for the guy who got ripped off. That just became AI!
What made Amazon usable for me again was Fakespot browser extension - it's actually useful AI to grade listings by how fake the reviews are so you can filter stuff used by real people
Stopped using it several months ago when their third party delivery driver refused to stop because of the 'dangerous' driveway.
It's not. The dude doesn't know how to back up the delivery truck. smh
