Does anyone else go looking on amazon because they used to have loads of stuff, but now there’s just a few things over and over and over and they’re not quite what you wanted. It’s so full of promoted content and you keep thinking that somewhere on one of the pages there might be something new, but no, it’s these same products again and again.
But also the dont want product you, the your product want dont, and the super dont want you product for (8 pack)
All of which are low on stock.
we need anti-enshitification extensions and apps for amazon and ebay, the former is even worse
It might just be the things I go on ebay for but they’ve really cleaned up their site in the past ~10 years. I remember when searching for literally anything would give you results like OP’s pic but I haven’t seen that in years. I think i do like 80% of my online shopping there nowadays
Today I gave up on amazon and found the item I wanted on ebay, which was much easier to browse because it showed me each product from each seller roughly once. It was so much easier. I saw the same stuff as I saw on amazon but about 80 other products too. Amazon used to be the ones with the product range, and that’s how they got big. Now they’ve enshitified quite thoroughly.
They do it on purpose. Makes you stay longer, increasing chances of extra sales
Tbh, I find it a little more than mildly infuriating. Verging on very infuriating.
I found what I wanted on ebay, where the same item only appeared more than once if more than one seller was selling it. Amazon repeats the same stuff over and over and over and over.
Member when Bezos wanted to solve product reviews to make their search work better? Some time ago, Amazon just gave up and surrendered to the hellscape it has become.
I’ve never used Amazon in my entire life (well, I’ve probably visited websites hosted on AWS, but that’s it).
I see no reason to change that. Besides we have a pretty neat alternative in the Benelux in the form of bol.com. Loads cheaper & more local.
