'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon

The only problem is that “knock off” brands are the only ones making products in at least some instances that used to be filled by the “brand names”.

This is the result of globalizing manufacturing. Eventually the brands that could pay for advertising stopped making things, and the void was filled by these “knock offs” (I don’t care for that term as it was applied in this article. These aren’t fake designer hand bags, they’re just products that don’t have a recognized brand name).

I've ordered products from some of the brands specifically mentioned, and the quality to price is often great.

Would I buy anything with a battery or an internet connection from them? Probably not. But are many things fine, and likely produced in the same sweat shops as household name brands.

It seems like a stretch to automatically hide every temu-esk brand... The brands themselves don't even attempt to hide what they are.

That sounds useful and is there an extension that hides duplicate results?

Amazon search is shit at best, need also an extension to improve search, if there is anything that can fix that flaming pile of garbage.

I would live if the extension just blocked Amazon and directed you to actual company websites when you go to add a product to cart.

Which 14 product listings are left after that

I think there are browser extensions and add-ons out there that plug in alternative storefronts you can buy from when looking up an item on Amazon, but you'd have to dig them up. I don't recall any of the names, I just know I've read about them.

amazon's web site as a whole has always been shitty, going all the way back to when they just sold books.

The ones at a price you wouldn't pay.

The manufacturing environment in China is different. A lot of products are made from an existing design, then anyone who wants to sell those buds then from the factory.

The weird "brand names" are basically drop shippers. People buy Thing, send them to Amazon's warehouses, pop a storefront.

Don't hate the player, hate the game.

This is stupid. There are lots of great products from sellers without an established "brand"

They do own the IP though and I dont know how we feel about physical product IP rights? Those are kinda useful.

That's not how it works. Factory makes Thing. Anyone who wants to resell Thing buys it from the factory and labels it BRAND Thing.

The correct industry term is white label products.

Yeah but someone has to design the thing