[101008]

This is one of the reasons why Social Networks are eating websites. Most people get a bad experience browsing the internet. Yeah, I get it, we know Hacker News, and other good websites. But my dad just want to read news about sports and politics, it's much easier to do it through Facebook posts than to open a browser and get annoyed by ads, popups, etc. Same for young people: I can get fun with TikTok and YouTube, why should I go into that maze of websites that do not provide anything worth it?

[naravara]

Even despite the fact that Amazon is a pile of crappy knock-offs and astroturfed reviews, it still manages to be better than the UX nightmare of actually trying to go through the companies' own websites directly to figure out what they're selling and how much they cost.

[switch007]

Wow what a totally unintended consequence :D