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The walls have ears (reddthat.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 113 points 5 months ago (11 children)

And yet I can explicitly type the exact parameters for an item I'm looking for into Google or Amazon and I get flooded with bullshit that is not that thing.

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  • [–] 65 points 5 months ago* (7 children)

    “Oh you’re looking for a red KitchenAid blender type # 5KSB2073EER? Great! Here’s that 4 CD set of traditional Turkmenistan folk music you wanted.”

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Sorry all these other companies paid us more to put their shit in front of your eyeballs than the one who sells the thing you want.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Amazon's primary revenue driver is selling the top spots in their search results. So it's no surprise that when you search for something, you almost never see what you're looking for. They have literally created a system that intentionally shows you what you're NOT looking for in order for them to make a profit.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Ok. I'm adding that to my cart but I'm mad about it.

    Now show me the manual for the fucking blender you asshole.

    Blender tutorial noises

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    DDG is getting worse but it's not this bad. I've tried Kagi's free sample (about search 30/100 rn) and it's excellent. I still don't know if I'll buy a subscription to it but I like the incentive model.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    That's because what you're searching for is what you definitely want, so they know you're likely click/buy it. But if throw a bunch of crap that you maybe might want before you get to it, maybe you'll buy some of that too. It's like how supermarkets throw a bunch of junk food in a checkout lane, maybe you'll get tempted while you're forced to stand there even though you just wanted to buy laundry detergent.

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