• _haha_oh_wow_OPM
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    3 months ago

    I’d be fine with that: They sell so many sketchy things it’s crazy. All their Amazon Basics brand stuff are rip-offs of other existing products too.

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      3 months ago

      I also agree that this is a helpful development, since lots of people with Amazon Prime subscriptions will naturally gravitate towards products that they can receive within 2 days or sometimes even overnight. And that’s really only possible with either Amazon directly selling something (eg Amazon Basics), or with Fulfilled by Amazon sellers, which this order covers.

      I just wanted to provide the context for the brief headline, so people don’t just assume that all of Amazon’s listings would soon become safety-compliant. They won’t.

      Unsafe product “sludge” will continue to be a problem even outside Amazon, as platforms like eBay and recently Temu continue to flog some fairly dangerous goods. But addressing that requires a holistic educational approach, such as why unrecognizable e-scooter brands with no UL labels are a problem, among other concerns.

      Basically, it’s slow progress but good progress.

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        3 months ago

        Yeah, I try to avoid Amazon but every once in a while when I need something I can’t get locally I give in.