alt Hacker NewsI've long suspected Amazon's search is so crappy because it makes their ads necessary to actually surface a product. I guess Google got the idea as well.
The worst part is I've seen search other video sites that used to surface exact titles stop working around the same time. I'm not sure how to reliably find things I know are there anymore.
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>> I've long suspected Amazon's search is so crappy because it makes their ads necessary to actually surface a product.
I thought it was just because they were forcing third tier Chinese knockoffs for everything I searched for. After a few months, I gave up completely. I now look for product reviews on YT, THEN go back to Amazon and search for exactly what I'm looking for. Even then? The search results are still jammed with cheap knockoffs.
I've had so much greater success using the built-in AI ("Alexa for search") that I no longer use the regular search except briefly. I imagine it will be destroyed eventually as regular search was, but for now it's dramatically better.