Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
by neither_color on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:35AM
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The most aggravating part is it ignores booleans. Sometimes I want to search for very specific things that are variants of hyper-competitive SEO-slop, only without feature x. Like if I want to search for functional lamps that take bulbs (not integrated LEDs). I should be able to search for Lamp -LED without it showing me a thousand led lamps (and upselling me a purchase protection plan when I add to cart. )
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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
by throwaway173738 on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @09:53AM
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you can buy bulb sockets and lamp cord at the hardware store.
Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
by coliveira on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @10:56AM
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Amazon has infected the minds of lots of people to a point where they'll spend half an hour sifting through garbage listings in their horrible web site and then wait a full day to receive the product, instead of going to the corner store and buy what they know they want.
Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
by immibis on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @04:26PM
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It's incredible, right? But what causes it? And is it connected to all the other facets of the mass dumbing-down of the entire population?
Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet
by neither_color on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @04:41PM
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I'll humor this patronizing reply chain to add that online shopping, despite its flaws and lack of boolean search, has a better selection and long tail variety than local brick and mortar establishments that all hassle you with warranty protection plan upsells and customer loyalty points anyway. Even the rare shop that can beat Amazon on price and selection, like Microcenter, still tries to guilt trip you with extended warranties and $80 "ram installation" service.