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'Knockoff' Browser Extension Hides Sketchy Brands on Amazon

A new browser extension called "Knockoff" hides listings from dubious, low-quality brands on Amazon, helping users avoid counterfeit or unreliable products. The extension crowdsources data to identify and block brands known for knockoffs, aiming to improve the shopping experience by filtering out sketchy results.

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A browser extension called "Knockoff" actively hides listings from Amazon brands known to sell low-quality, counterfeit, or misleadingly-packaged goods. Many shoppers have complained about Amazon's marketplace being flooded with generic or "sketchy" brands that use confusing names to mimic legitimate products. This extension effectively crowdsources brand-reputation data to clean up search results, addressing a problem that Amazon itself has been slow to fix. The story highlights how third-party tools (the extension) are stepping in where a large platform (Amazon) has failed to police its own sellers.

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