I don’t understand, can you please put a glowing and blinking red circle and arrow on the funny bit?
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And a paragraph on the back describing what it was to be used as evidence against us?
can't speak for the quality in recent years, but i bought a amazon basics laptop backpack some years ago and it's held up better than some "name brand" gear i've had.
It goes one way or the other for me but nothing in between. Either it's better than the others or absolute garbage that falls apart almost immediately. It's a bit of a mindfuck
A lot of it is because Amazon is known for stealing designs from innovative, small companies and running them out of business to sell their stolen designs under the Amazon Basics brand. Usually they do so by decreasing the quality of materials and relying on their own supply chain to keep prices low.
Edit: Also found this Youtube video by Peak Design, who are very well known for their high quality gear. It's about Amazon ripping off their sling bag design.
How am I not surprised?
the led zeppelin of retailers...just like any other seller that's made it big
when going generic, i've found it's best to stick with supplies that don't really matter and easy to replace if it sucks--aluminum foil, trash bags, etc
basically Amazon looks at what sells well, then they go to the source and nudge them into making the product under their white brand: https://www.yalelawjournal.org/note/amazons-antitrust-paradox
AmazonBasics is just dupes of popular products. They see what sells the best on their website, copy them, and sell them for a slightly lower price.
When did we stop calling these "clones" and start calling them "dupes"? I guess I'm not up to date on my lingo.
Calling them "dupes" is the lingo used in fashion and makeup, idk about elsewhere. I think the distinction is that a dupe is a knockoff instead of a counterfeit.
meh. everything is "duped" from something else. https://youtu.be/bH1akL3SZiA
if you want to pay extra money to buy the "real" product from the actual brand's website to avoid giving amazon any money, then go ahead. i'll buy the cheaper thing that works just as well
Yeah, I mean dupes exist for a reason, because it works. Amazon has done far worse things to dislike them for.
Yeah I’ve had great experiences with amazon basics hoodies and phone cables
To be fair I think "Amazon's choice" labels whatever product is most purchased for a given search term, not awarded by Amazon itself
Sure, but they can also control what comes up in a search
I mean, it kind of is awarded by Amazon itself, it wouldn't be too hard to add "if product.manufacturer == [Amazon brands] then skip label"
oh i don't think Amazon leaves anything out of their control anymore. if that label is for the most picked for a term the it's because they manipulated the search. but I'm thinking it's just a sticker that they put on things they want to sell and also manipulate the search results.
I see it pop up on random products, even ones with bad review score, so I'm not sure it even has any logic. There's some product categories where the brand name product with good reviews doesn't get the "Amazon's choice" label, but some knockoff Chinese brand that isn't even much cheaper does.
I always love this Obama meme because of how bad of a Photoshop job it is.
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tbf the Amazon Basics stuff is usually decent.
Hate to admit it but yea. They can make them at better than cheap trash quality and keep the price at trash quality cause they have the supply chain and bulk to not lose money on em. I've gone into their Amazon fresh shops and really love some of their products. Their peanut butter is pretty darn good, and the only better strawberry jelly I've had besides small farm stuff is Knotts berry farm.