Amazon Has Ceded Control of Its Site
Found on Slashdot on Friday, 23 August 2019
Amazon has increasingly evolved like a flea market. It exercises limited oversight over items listed by millions of third-party sellers, many of them anonymous, many in China, some offering scant information.
The Journal commissioned tests of 10 children's products it bought on Amazon, many promoted as "Amazon's Choice." Four failed tests based on federal safety standards, according to the testing company, including one with lead levels that exceeded federal limits. Of the 4,152 products the Journal identified, 46% were listed as shipping from Amazon warehouses.
Amazon had lost it long ago. The shop has turned into a useless mess and with a lack of consistent and available filtering options it is pointless to try and order something there.