A software developer made a Chrome and Firefox extension called Knockoff that automatically hides, grays out, or filters products from sketchy brands on Amazon, which highlights just how many shady brands are on the platform and how commonly they show up on searches for basic items.

  • Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

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

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      14 days ago

      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.