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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)
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Here's Amazon's sleaziest commercial practice: when you search Amazon, the top results for your search aren't the best matches for your queries; they're products sold by the companies willing to pay the most for search placement, in a "real-time auction" that runs every time you search.
2026-10-15T11:17:30.778Z