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[–] 47 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I hate when I go to a manufacturers site and navigate to "products," filter the list and find what I want, and on the product page it gives a description, no "add to cart" button but a "buy on amazon" button.

Like. FFUUUUCCCKKKKKKK.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah. Especially if it's a very specific version of a product you want, and they just link to their "amazon store", which has terrible search filters, or doesn't have that model available.

    It's not just that they give a big cut of their sales to Amazon, it's that often the manufacturer puts a lot of effort into having different versions of their product with different features. But, then it's dumped on Amazon. Amazon's search is "helpful" and gives you similar products and then uses their "recommended" ranking to put products they make more money from at the top.

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