It seems like the only metric Amazon is optimizing for is number of items sold, and this seems to be the natural progression of a system where that is the prima

It seems like the only metric Amazon is optimizing for is number of items sold, and this seems to be the natural progression of a system where that is the primary goal. Making a change that decreases the sale of counterfeit products is a change that reduces the sale of products, and in Amazon's case, also leased warehouse space (FBA), and who knows what else - all of which are likely negative metrics. It's telling, that in the update to the Elevation Lab blog post, it's noted that Amazon doesn't allow 3rd party sellers to sell Amazon Basics products. https://www.elevationlab.com/blogs/news/amazon-is-complicit-with-counterfeit-sellers# https://www.elevationlab.com/blogs/news/amazon-is-complicit-...