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Amazon has been listing products with the title, 'I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy' (www.businessinsider.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Amazon has been listing products with the title, 'I'm sorry, I cannot fulfil this request as it goes against OpenAI use policy'::Products have appeared on the platform with odd titles that are seemingly related to OpenAI's usage policy.

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Amazon has essentially become a drop shipping front for AliExpress. You're getting the exact same terrible, knockoff products, just marked up and stored in an Amazon warehouse so you get it in two days instead of two weeks. They're both shitty, but at least with AliExpress you aren't paying extra for the middleman to make a profit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mean it completely depends on what you’re buying. Don’t blame Amazon that your $15 wireless earbuds with no brand name feels cheap and gets hot.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

I find myself half agreeing with this and half disagreeing.

Should we not hold Amazon accountable for not vetting what's on their store?

If I went in to a physical shop and bought a knife, then when I got home the handle fell off, is it not reasonable to be angry at the brand and the shop I bought it from?

Yeah, it's not their product, but they gave the product their approval in the form of carrying the item for sale.

If Amazon marketed themselves as an open marketplace, like eBay, I'd say fair enough. But that's not what they do, Amazon markets themselves as an online store with their own warehouses. They're more akin to an online supermarket.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I don't blame Amazon for the products being shit. I blame Amazon for not doing anything about the fact the shit product has 3000 5 star reviews that are word for word on hundreds of different products.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

iirc drop shipping is where they also ship it from China too. so the person dropshipping doesn't have to keep an inventory of things

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

and yes ofc that also happens on Amazon