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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by onion2k on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @11:47AM (#28853695)
Really clever strategy IMHO

Really clever short term strategy. Once word gets out only sellers who don't care will list their products, and your product listings will be page after page of cheap, knock-off crap only an idiot would buy.

looks at Amazon listings

Yep.

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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by toxik on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:46PM (#28855170)
Yes, Amazon is rotting from the inside by their own foul tactics. But by then, everybody involved will be heroes of their field and Bezos will literally be flying away on a rocket.
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Re:Amazon copied products and rigged search results to promo... by hayd on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:52PM (#28855261)
Bezos can't fly away since all of his rockets fall right back, he's never made it to orbit.
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