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God damnit so they bought Fakespot, an extension that actually did good, hiding fake botted reviews and reanalyzing them - and now they’re killing it. It was literally an extension to help prevent unnecessary buying. Why the hell did they even buy it?
We acquired Fakespot in 2023 to help people navigate unreliable product reviews using AI and privacy-first tech. While the idea resonated, it didn’t fit a model we could sustain.
I’m also exactly on the same boat as you; I use Fakepost frequently and now it will be canned by Mozilla.
The alternative I found is https://reviewmeta.com/, but it’s quite slow and can’t cover all domains of Amazon.
God damnit so they bought Fakespot, an extension that actually did good, hiding fake botted reviews and reanalyzing them - and now they’re killing it. It was literally an extension to help prevent unnecessary buying. Why the hell did they even buy it?
Then why did you buy it you idiots?!
I’m also exactly on the same boat as you; I use Fakepost frequently and now it will be canned by Mozilla. The alternative I found is https://reviewmeta.com/, but it’s quite slow and can’t cover all domains of Amazon.
I’ll give it a try, but yeah very disappointed