Have you noticed an increase in generic junk products on Amazon?

Have you noticed that whenever you search for a given product on Amazon, the initial results are all these products with meaningless "brand names" in all caps like ZORXWO and STILVY and things like that? Apparently these are throwaway trademarks that Chinese factories create to conform to American law which requires products be sold under a brand name. And you have to scroll through a lot of this stuff to find any recognizable brands.

Amazon seems to have gotten really crappy recently. I ended up canceling my Prime subscription. 😕

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SW-User

I haven’t purchased from Amazon in a few years because of this. It’s not to say that I don’t always search for whatever I’m contemplating on buying elsewhere, but the reviews and past experiences I’ve had are enough to confirm that it’s just not worth the hassle of being ripped off or having to undergo the unavoidable disappointment which would then require me to put on jeans to go out into the world to return the crap.