# I pit the GDF moron at Amazon who changed the Kindle unlimited book listing
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817 "2024-11-06T21:29:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/1 "2024-11-06T21:29:10Z")
Ever since Amazon began offering Kindle Unlimited, I’ve been a subscriber. I have loved the ability to go to the full listing of titles available and do my search. 4 stars or above, new in last 30 days, mystery. Then I can make my own personal choices on what I want to read not what some pinheaded moron wants to “suggest” to me. I don’t want or need your suggestions! And now that you’ve changed the listing, all I can do is page through the horseshit you force me to wade through. And apparently there’s no way on earth for me to email you with my complaint. Your automated response system successfully avoids any way to actually file a complaint.
The book menu wasn’t broken! Remove your “improvements” please!
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/2 "2024-11-06T21:41:17Z")
It was obviously broken because it allowed you to be much too selective for Amazon’s good.
We can’t have that. It’s your obligation to buy every piece of shit Amazon says you should buy, or suffer for your defiance.
Welcome to [enshittification](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification).
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/3 "2024-11-06T23:45:59Z")
> [@gnoitall](#):
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> We can’t have that. It’s your obligation to buy every piece of shit Amazon says you should buy, or suffer for your defiance.
Except you’re not buying anything; you can “borrow” a number of books for a flat fee, like a library. They don’t profit by making it harder to find titles. If anything that would just piss people off enough to cancel the service and they’d _lose_ money.
It’s often a safe bet to use profit as an explanation for anything Amazon does, but it doesn’t fit here.
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/4 "2024-11-06T23:58:19Z")
I’m pulling this out of my ass, but I’d guess Amazon is charging the publishing company or author some fee to appear early in the list.
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### Author:  [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/5 "2024-11-07T00:58:23Z")
That might be possible.
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2024, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gdf-moron-at-amazon-who-changed-the-kindle-unlimited-book-listing/1009817/6 "2024-11-07T02:13:32Z")
> [@TroutMan](#):
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> charging the publishing company or author some fee to appear early in the list.
It’s marketing. Practically by defintion, it’s not about the “customer”. Your eyes are for sale.