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1 HN user recommended this in 2018, in one comment.
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MAOFINE MacBook Adapter Charger Replacement white
Amazon's catalog no longer lists this product (checked 2026-11-02). The name comes from the link HN users posted.
I was looking for a 2nd USB C charger for my new MacBook and found one[1]. It had 378 5 star, 'verified purchase' reviews. All filed on July the 12th, 2018!
I reported this to Amazon via Twitter on July the 18th [2] (Sorry, German).
I checked yesterday and despite Amazon promising to look into this, all reviews where still there. So I tweeted to them again and, at last, they're deleted today.
But why is this not detected automatically? 378 verified 'customers' that all review the product, with five stars, on the same day?? What are the chances?
And the language of the reviews was also so similar that even a Markov model could be used to detect they must be from the same person (or bot). No machine learning needed.
[1] https://www.amazon.de/MAOFINE-MacBook-Adapter-Charger-Replac... [2] https://twitter.com/virtualritz/status/1019741791422173185