"Amazon's Choice" is given to products automatically and doesn't indicate quality - Many have troubling product defects and warnings, as well as review manipulation
While I've never consciously considered this, I think I already knew it. It didn't seem like a promoted ad nor an example of human curation. Being an algorithmic pick is the only thing that really...
While I've never consciously considered this, I think I already knew it. It didn't seem like a promoted ad nor an example of human curation. Being an algorithmic pick is the only thing that really makes sense.
For what it's worth, I actually find the label valuable. It does a pretty decent job of finding the least-crappy product in a category. I use it as a jumping off point to compare other items against.
I've seen this demonstrated by LockPickingLawyer on YouTube. [842] Picked in 2 Seconds! Amazon’s Choice “High Security Padlock” (3:42) [844] No Picking Required: Amazon’s Defective Choice (2:20)...
Neither title is misleading, either. The creator of the channel is a talented lock picker, but the first lock is just raked open, and the second one is bypassed entirely.
I always assumed "Amazon's Choice" were similar to the sponsored products but with a bit of curation involved. I guess it being chosen entirely by algorithm is better than that in a way, but even...
I always assumed "Amazon's Choice" were similar to the sponsored products but with a bit of curation involved. I guess it being chosen entirely by algorithm is better than that in a way, but even knowing that, I will still likely continue to largely ignore it and chose products based on my own judgment.
p.s. I just looked to see if any browser extensions hide all the sponsored, bestseller and amazon's choice listings, but at least for Firefox, sadly the only one available doesn't seem to work anymore. :( I might have to see about removing them using uBlock.
edit: data-component-type="sp-sponsored-result" is what uBlock already uses to block sponsored results, but there is nothing unique to easily target for the "Amazon's Choice" ones that I can see, though. :/
While I've never consciously considered this, I think I already knew it. It didn't seem like a promoted ad nor an example of human curation. Being an algorithmic pick is the only thing that really makes sense.
For what it's worth, I actually find the label valuable. It does a pretty decent job of finding the least-crappy product in a category. I use it as a jumping off point to compare other items against.
I've seen this demonstrated by LockPickingLawyer on YouTube.
[842] Picked in 2 Seconds! Amazon’s Choice “High Security Padlock” (3:42)
[844] No Picking Required: Amazon’s Defective Choice (2:20)
Neither title is misleading, either. The creator of the channel is a talented lock picker, but the first lock is just raked open, and the second one is bypassed entirely.
That's really interesting! I've had a bit of curiosity about lock picking for a few years, so this was an instant subscribe to me :D
I always assumed it indicated popularity rather than an actual internal tester/reviewer.
I always assumed "Amazon's Choice" were similar to the sponsored products but with a bit of curation involved. I guess it being chosen entirely by algorithm is better than that in a way, but even knowing that, I will still likely continue to largely ignore it and chose products based on my own judgment.
p.s. I just looked to see if any browser extensions hide all the sponsored, bestseller and amazon's choice listings, but at least for Firefox, sadly the only one available doesn't seem to work anymore. :( I might have to see about removing them using uBlock.
edit:
data-component-type="sp-sponsored-result"is what uBlock already uses to block sponsored results, but there is nothing unique to easily target for the "Amazon's Choice" ones that I can see, though. :/