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'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon (www.404media.co)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items.

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[–] 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I found my AliExpress stuff to be more reliable than my Amazon stuff.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Literally the same thing. Go to any "how to sell on Amazon" video and the "now you're a real business person" step is always go to Alibaba and find a good distributor of the product you want to steal, er, become an independent distributor of. Have them slap your logo on it and bam, new millionaire coming right up!

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