Wow, that is unbelievable and embarrassing that they allow that. With Prime shipping!
They do manage to keep the counterfeiters off their house brands, so they definitely can control counterfeits if they like. Too bad they do not care.
Product quality is horrible on Amazon. AliExpress seems to be as good, if not better, with more consistent listings and possibly a better search.
I've found AliExpress to be pretty nice, you're skipping an entire layer of sketchy arbitrage resellers. I've only bought industrial / electronic components from them there though, so my experience is limited.
I've seen this a lot. I use google to search Amazon almost exclusively.
First line in the description: “this isn’t a Chromecast”
It almost feels like that's there so it ranks in the search results for "Chromecast"
This seems really likely. The choice to literally put a Chrome logo on it is quite telling. Finding ways to drop your competitors' names without violating trademark is an art form. (I don't get how they haven't been delisted because of the logo.)