I wanted to buy a corkscrew. The one I had was shite. Amazon has a bajillion. Page after page for what is probably the same 3 varieties. With prices for the SAME thing from $12 to $400.
I got one. It's better, but I'm not super happy with it.
Why can't Amazon be better? Why can't I just get a result of "show me only French or Italian made corkscrews." I'd pay a bit extra for that. I'd pay extra for an Indonesian one. I am sure all the crappy zinc ones on there are Chinesium.
Well, there is a browser extension called Cultivate. Never underestimate buncha frustrated weeb shut-in programmers who create extensions for frustrated users. Cultivate flags possible US made alternatives when you are shopping.
I guess if you were shopping for a Springfield XD (US company that imports plastic guns made in the Balkans somewhere) it might tell you to buy a Glock (Austrian? No, that one is Made... in Georgia). They claim they suss out with their algorithm, at Cultivate. I guess they weight how many parts of that Smyrna Glock are source from Austria, and whatever contribution Genseo is making to that Grip Zone.
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Another idea, Amazon. In 20 years I have NEVER bought a hat that wasn't size 11 3/4. Because that is my size. Please, never show me a hat that doesn't come in that size. Or 2XLT shirts. &c.
Amazon isn't really motivated to make themselves that much better. What are you gonna do, go to one of Amazon's competitors with a better run web interface? If a better interface did pop up Amazon would just buy them up and Borg any improvement into themselves. Or just ignore the improvement because, again, where you gonna go?
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