Most people probably assume (as they do with Google) that all the changes were made for the benefit of their user experience.
Does anyone really think so? Amazon and Google have some of the most cancerous user interfaces. They're always pushing what THEY want you to buy or see, not what YOU want.
For brand name stuff I use price comparison sites to find online stores.
The cheap Chinese stuff (which is the majority of Amazon these days) is almost always cheaper on ebay. It's like the article says: on Amazon they take the cheap generic Chinese products, slap some made-up brand name on them and sell them at a 50-100% markup.
The real tl;dr is IMHO: don't buy from Amazon.
Does anyone really think so? Amazon and Google have some of the most cancerous user interfaces. They're always pushing what THEY want you to buy or see, not what YOU want.
Around here it's pretty easy to avoid them.
For brand name stuff I use price comparison sites to find online stores.
The cheap Chinese stuff (which is the majority of Amazon these days) is almost always cheaper on ebay. It's like the article says: on Amazon they take the cheap generic Chinese products, slap some made-up brand name on them and sell them at a 50-100% markup.