Looking at Amazon, Aliexpress, even Walmart, there’s a lot of products that aren’t what they claim, such as lying about the capacity of batteries. Customers have to figure these things out for themselves and ‘metagame’ the system.
I don’t think this should be allowed, but what are your thoughts?
The FTC has a Bureau of Consumer Protection which is supposed to do that (not to be confused with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which focuses on banking.)
How come fake products are allowed to be sold in the US then?
Because it’s not enough for the department to merely exist—it also has to be adequately funded, led by people committed to its intended purpose, and not actively interfered with by the rest of the administration.
tends to get in the way of profit.