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Re:Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following... by maxcan on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:18PM (#27862251)
Its so bewildering to me that Amazon doesn't do this.

People are catching on to the low quality of the reviews on amazon and once that credibility is gone, its never coming back.

Their supply chain is a pretty strong moat but its not insurmountable.

Re:Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following... by randallsquared on Friday July 16, 2021 @07:46PM (#27862437)
People have been saying this for a number of years, now, and Amazon only grows faster. Tools like this may have actually contributed to that growth, since they make shopping on Amazon safer, ironically.
Re:Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following... by CamperBob2 on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:26PM (#27863145)
Amazon has the same advantage that Microsoft had in the 90s: everybody else is even less competent.
Re:Apple removes ‘Fakespot’ app from iOS App Store following... by simondotau on Friday July 16, 2021 @10:37PM (#27863195)
I don’t agree. The advantage both had/have is a level of scale and brand inertia which makes it financially near-impossible for alternatives to grow large enough to compete.