Amazon's retail business is a street market where the origin and authenticity of anything bought there should be met with a high degree of skepticism. This was known to folks in the tech industry for a few years now. It appears everyone knows now that the reviews are either all fake or for different products, that you can't rely on anyone or any piece of technology to identity what's real and what's fake. Amazon has become a market for lemons in a way that's much worse than what eBay was 9 years ago. If you want to buy something on Amazon cut out the middleman and just buy it for much cheaper on AliExpress or eBay. The shipping may take a long time, but do you really want next-day delivery on a stinking pile of horse manure anyway?
To me it's pretty clear Amazon has given up on the online business and doesn't care what happens to its brand image as long as it can keep its logistics business and aws alive. It's game plan is to surely sell logistics to its current and former competitors who it has priced out of market or is in the process of doing so with its store of shit goods. But then, why did anyone expect otherwise?
I for sure expected exactly this to happen. Nothing out of ordinary. As more people discover this I wonder what the implications for the larger market are going to be. We'll be living in interesting times that's for sure.
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