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		linuxftw 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI O3-Mini Amazon is already forcing this pattern on mobile users not logged in. If you want to see the reviews, all you get is an AI summary, the star rating, maybe 1 or 2 reviews, then you have to log in to see more.

portaouflop 8 months ago | [–]

The cure is to stop using Amazon.

linuxftw 8 months ago | | [–]

It has already caused me to not further investigate purchases. Similar to yelp, if I have to log in to see things, you're dead to me.

Maken 8 months ago | [–]

There is also no way to disable the AI summaries even if you are logged in.

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