[dosplatos]

> The problem isn’t that it lacks what you want, but that it offers infinite permutations of often unknowable quality.

This the problem. The actual worthwhile products being buried in a sea of garbo. Along with the reviews being gamed, it's essentially the online equivalent of a flea market.

It just means consumers have to be more careful and do a lot more research before they buy. While this isn't a new thing for anyone here, this will be a necessary behavior shift for everyone in order to avoid these dark patterns, and to get safe and quality products. This isn't just an amazon problem.

Essentially: avoid impulse shopping.

[pixl97]

This is something brick and mortar does, limits the amount of space far garbage. Most retailers were at least somewhat selective on what they sold just to avoid returns to the store they had to deal with.