Comment on i truly believe that there's an open war between Humanity vs. Advertisers and their allies.

• haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Amazon is everything but a level playing field and it is highly manipulated.

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• utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Congrats, you missed the whole point about Amazon.

  As others already replied, the business model of Amazon (and any marketplace that sells its own products within it while being part of an oligopoly) is precisely to prevent unbiased comparison. Amazon gets data on all the products being sold on its website, its warehouses occupancy … then make Amazon Basics and replace them. They did that before also with diapers among many other examples e.g. arstechnica.com/…/emails-detail-amazons-plan-to-c… but they also do the same with software products, e.g. AWS.

  So no, clearly Amazon is not about having fair comparisons and a shopping cart. Amazon is about being the ONLY shopping cart one can have fill it with Amazon products.

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• TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  My idea is a bit different. You would be able to define exactly what you are looking for, and the database would display the results a the order you want.

  Let’s say you want a refrigerator with specific dimensions and features. Then, you would sort the results based on how loud they are, with the most silent ones at the top. You look at the results and realize that some models draw too much power, so you filter out all the E and F tier entries.

  You know, basic database query stuff.

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• frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes but now google search the item in your cart and buy it somewhere else.

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  • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I absolutely agree with you. But where I live, Amazon is cheaper than any other sellers, online or stores. I hate it but I only have so much money to spend.

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    • frog_brawler@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      If you continue to support monopolies, soon you’ll have less to spend.

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      • vala@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Nah, we’re not doing this “vote with your wallet” shit anymore.

        That’s just capitalist propaganda really.

        Do what you need to do to survive and eek out some small form of happiness.

        The time when we could actually fix these problems without direct action is long gone now.

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      • PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Average consumers are in a lose/lose situation. Choice is a privilege that not everyone can afford.

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