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I don't trust Amazon ratings even a little bit. But I do expect anything Amazon branded to at least not be complete garbage. Maybe this is Amazon just embracing

I don't trust Amazon ratings even a little bit. But I do expect anything Amazon branded to at least not be complete garbage. Maybe this is Amazon just embracing the fact no one can trust their ratings, but can somewhat trust their product partnerships?

jkestner 5y ago
Products usurping partnerships, you mean? Less about trust, and more about just taking more of the profit. It’s a classic move to wedge yourself into the market at one level and then move up and down as you become a chokepoint. Cloudflare is doing it to Amazon. I only buy stuff on Amazon after running it through FakeSpot, because metareviews are what we’ve come to now. If that site could ever make itself as indispensable for everyone, it’d have a chokepoint to steer people away from Amazon, especially as better prices are often found elsewhere.
dhimes 5y ago
Do you mean, as in turning their broken rating system into a strategic advantage? Damn, that's pretty brilliant actually.