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Amazon started hiding ratings for some products (thelemmy.club)
submitted 1 week ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/58694811

Happened to me when I saw a book on the US site, I wasn't able to see all reviews, but there was a button to sort-of "apply" to get approved for seeing all of them.

It took five days, then I got this email.

Interestingly, they're not doing this on the European site, you can still see all reviews there.

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[-] toxicbubble@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago

"shitty corporation does shitty things, 30 years in a row"

if you use amazøn, you're part of the problem

[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

I don't know why this is so hard for people to understand.

[-] Redvenom@retrolemmy.com 18 points 1 week ago

when sites do shit like this, I would buy whatever I was looking from other site/store

[-] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 week ago

I only ever used Amazon for buying books. Now I've switched to booksellers dot ca or Indigo. In that order, because booksellers supports independent stores.

[-] Zephorah@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago

Powell’s also has new & used options.

[-] FederatedFreedom1981@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I'm Canadian, so I'm doing the Elbows Up thing wherever possible. Still, a good alternative for US citizens to support local, and take money away from corporations who support the Mango Megalomaniac.

[-] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Don't use Amazon in the first place

[-] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

They’ve been doing this for years. Probably 8 at least.

[-] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

But I guess never in the US? I've never saw it happen.

this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2026
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