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It's interesting when you consider Amazon's history, and how they were the first big name to leave up the negative customer reviews posted on the books they sold.
I didn't know about that!
Yeah, was way back when they first went public. Everyone said they were crazy, but Bezos made a point at the time about how it was better for the customer, so they could try and get a more balanced view before purchasing.
In fairness, that was when they were only selling books, so the onus for crap content was on the authors - not Amazon. Bit different now that they're a marketplace with all manner of third party sellers and cheap shit being sold on there, and them taking a slice from everything.