LordKitsuna@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoAverage Amazon user intelligencelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1401arrow-down1external-linkAverage Amazon user intelligencelemmy.worldLordKitsuna@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 months agoIt’s technically against their tos to change the product. But sellers are shady assholes.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoThere’s no way Amazon is powerless to stop sellers from doing this. They just don’t care.
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoNever said they were powerless. Just that it’s against the tos. Is you report them, sometimes Amazon does something about it. Sometimes.
minus-squareNatanael@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoIt’s super easy to detect change of product category and a bunch of other similar major changes. Especially now with ML classifiers, it’s even easier. They could automatically lock the page and require review
minus-squarePrison Mike@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoBut that could affect profits! 😱
It’s technically against their tos to change the product. But sellers are shady assholes.
There’s no way Amazon is powerless to stop sellers from doing this. They just don’t care.
Never said they were powerless. Just that it’s against the tos.
Is you report them, sometimes Amazon does something about it. Sometimes.
It’s super easy to detect change of product category and a bunch of other similar major changes. Especially now with ML classifiers, it’s even easier. They could automatically lock the page and require review
But that could affect profits! 😱