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		Vegenoid on Sept 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why wordfreq will not be updated On Amazon, you used to be able to search the reviews and Q&A section via a search box. This was immensely useful. Now, that search box first routes your search to an LLM, which makes you wait 10-15 seconds while it searches for you. Then it presents its unhelpful summary, saying "some reviews said such and such", and I can finally click the button to show me the actual reviews and questions with the term I searched. This is going to be the thing that makes me quit Amazon. If I'm missing something and there's still a way to to a direct search, please tell me.

cosmotron on Sept 19, 2024 | [–]

You can still get to product reviews directly and search them. Here's an example:

Product page (copy the identifier at the end): https://www.amazon.com/Long-Thanks-Hitchhikers-Guide-Galaxy-...

Review page (paste the identifier at the end): https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/B001OF5F1E/

This seems to bypass all of the LLM stuff for now.

Vegenoid on Sept 19, 2024 | | [–]

Pretty good! Unfortunately it does not include the Q&As, which are often just as useful as the reviews.

graeme on Sept 19, 2024 | [–]

Ran into this the other day. Amazon.ca still has the old version for now

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