The issue here though is that these were being sold by AliExpress through Amazon. Amazon has much more public trust than companies like AliExpress or Temu, so people aren't going to be immediately suspicious of everything for sale on there.

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 34 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Even Amazon has gotten super sketch as of late. It’s hard to determine which products are good or not when the site is flooded with 500 duplicates from 500 clearly fake companies.

[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 12 points 10 months ago

As of late? It's been shit for years.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

Sometimes that can be convenient if I’m knowingly looking for a cheap Chinese knockoff to serve some non-critical purpose. Once it’s clear there’s a single mass produced model being rebranded by everybody, you can shop based on shipping time or price or seller feedback or whatever. Or if there’s no hurry, you can go find the product elsewhere at the “slow boat from China” price.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 20 points 10 months ago

Unless I know the manufacturer, I don't buy from Amazon either.

It's 95% junk. Need to start holding corporations responsible and not just going "oh, it's a third party seller! It's not our fault."

They're taking fuck knows how much in fees, and worth trillions of dollars. Fine them. Massively.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

At this point Amazon is just a local warehouse selling the same products as AliExpress, but with faster shipping and more markup.

[–] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

What happened that amazon suddenly became the "good guy" don't order from there either.