Changelog

v0.12.0
  • New: hide sellers by country. Pick countries in the in-page panel and Knockoff hides listings from sellers based there, right where the seller flags show. Only sellers Knockoff can identify are ever hidden. Unknown sellers are left alone, and you can undo it from the hidden listing or the panel.
  • New: pseudo-brands are now filtered inside Amazon's “Sponsored” brand carousels (the product-collection strips), not just regular search tiles.
  • Improved: the badge on low-rated listings now says what it caught (“Low rating”, “No ratings”, or “Few reviews”) instead of showing the brand name, which read as a call against the brand itself.
  • Improved: fewer good brands mistaken for junk. Listings that lead with generic words like “Accessories” or “Compatible” are no longer read as brand names.
  • Improved: seller flags now resolve for more sellers outside the US.
  • Improved: the “Find US alternatives” button now stays on flagged-junk brands even when they're sold by a US seller.
  • Fixed: shoes and other fashion listings on Amazon's mobile site no longer show “No brand”. The brand is now read from mobile-web cards.
v0.11.1
  • Improved: brand names in German, Polish, Czech, Turkish, and other marketplace languages are no longer mistaken for pseudo-brands. Knockoff now reads whether a name looks like a real word in the store's own language before judging it.
  • Improved: everyday product words on non-English Amazon stores, like the French “Lampe” (lamp), are no longer read as brand names on search tiles.
  • Improved: the “Find US alternatives” button now also appears on search-result tiles whose seller is confirmed to be outside the US, not just the listings Knockoff hid or dimmed.
v0.11.0
  • New: the “Find US alternatives” button now appears on search results too, not just product pages. It shows on the listings Knockoff hid, dimmed, or labeled, where you might want another option.
  • Improved: German brand names like Bergsteiger and Schwalbe are no longer mistaken for pseudo-brands. Consonant runs at compound-word seams read as normal German, not gibberish.
  • Improved: movie listings labeled “UHD 4K” or “4K-UHD” (common on European Amazon stores) are now recognized as films, not pseudo-brands.
  • Fixed: after an update, Knockoff now picks up the latest filtering fixes right away instead of running on the previous day's settings.
  • Fixed: the first-catch message no longer ends up underneath the filtered-count button.
v0.10.0
  • Improved: the control panel and options page got a cleaner, matching layout. Controls are grouped into labeled cards (Filtering, Ratings & reviews, Display) instead of one long list, with clearer icons and a noticeably shorter panel.
  • Improved: settings now save the moment you change them. The Save button is gone, replaced by a “Saved” confirmation, so a change you make in one place is no longer quietly reverted by an open settings page.
  • Improved: tapping a brand badge is now one simple choice: “Real brand” or “Junk.” Your answer updates your own trusted/blocked list right away and, at the same time, helps correct the shared community list. It replaces the older Trust / Block / report menu.
  • New: Knockoff now checks your Your Orders and order-details pages, marking name-squat brands on things you've already bought. It only labels (nothing is hidden) and stays quiet on real brands and media you own.
  • Improved: on iPhone and iPad, Knockoff now reads Amazon's mobile web pages properly. Product listings no longer show “No brand,” and the mobile homepage and mission pages get filtered like everywhere else.
  • Improved: movies, music, and other physical-media titles are no longer mistaken for pseudo-brands, including vinyl, CD, and Blu-ray deals on the Today's Deals pages, so fewer real listings get filtered.
  • Improved: the seller's country is identified on more listings. Knockoff now reads details on Amazon Business seller-profile pages, and falls back to the VAT number on European listings where Amazon publishes no business address.
  • Improved: the setting for showing a check on established brands was reworded to say what turning it on does, and a little-used “Flag established Chinese brands” toggle was removed; those brands still pass as established.
  • Fixed: listings on Best Sellers pages no longer show “No brand” after Amazon renamed the title element behind them.
  • Fixed: on desktop, the control panel now scrolls when it's taller than the window, so the footer links and version stay reachable at large font sizes or page zoom.
v0.9.0
  • New: a “Send feedback” form built into the control panel. Tell us about a brand we missed, a bug, or an idea in a couple of clicks. Leave an email if you'd like a reply, or don't. It sends your note and the address of the page you're on, and nothing else.
  • New: on iPhone and iPad, where Safari buries the toolbar button behind the “aA” menu, Knockoff now shows a small button in the bottom corner that opens its panel. The panel opens as a bottom sheet you can swipe away, with the filtered count and the show-hidden toggle inside it. The count pill that used to flicker while counting is fixed on desktop too.
  • Improved: the “Likely junk seller” warning on a product page is now a button. Click it to Trust, Block, or report the seller as legitimate, the same one-click controls you already have on brands.
  • Improved: Knockoff now sits out Amazon's grocery storefronts the way it already skips books and media, so everyday food staples aren't mistaken for pseudo-brands.
  • Improved: fewer false flags. Connector words at the start of a listing title, real brands on Amazon's eco-tagged recommendation tiles, and short all-caps seller initials are no longer mistaken for pseudo-brands.
  • Improved: the “Find US alternatives” button now appears only on amazon.com and only when “Help pick US alternatives” is on. It no longer showed up on other marketplaces or when the setting was off.
  • Windows: seller-origin flag chips now show real flags instead of the country code twice, like “US US”. Windows has no flag emoji, so Knockoff now bundles a small flag font.
v0.8.0
  • New: Knockoff now filters Amazon's Deals, Best Sellers, and New Releases pages, plus the “related items” carousels on product and home pages, not just search and browse results.
  • New: a “Find US alternatives” button on product pages opens a list of similar listings whose seller we can name, with US sellers flagged. It sends the products you open, so we build alternatives for what people actually want: the product, never who was looking. On by default; turn it off with “Help pick US alternatives” in settings.
  • Improved: the seller country chip is now clickable everywhere. A chip showing a country was a dead end; now every chip opens the seller's Amazon profile, where you can check the claim for yourself.
  • Improved: the community seller map now reads the whole business-identity block Amazon already publishes on a seller's profile page (registered name, address and contact details, disclosed there under marketplace-transparency laws). Only the seller's public details are contributed, never anything about you. Revisiting a seller page now refreshes their details, so a seller that moves gets noticed.
v0.7.2
  • Under-the-hood reliability and anti-abuse hardening for the community seller map.
v0.7.1
  • Fixed: the seller-map contribution stats could show a community total smaller than your own count (like “13 mapped / of the community's 1”). The two numbers now count the same thing, so the community total is never less than yours.
v0.7.0
  • New: listings now show a small country flag for where the seller is based, on the product image in search results and on the product page, so you can see a listing's origin at a glance. Flags are display-only and never change what Knockoff filters. On by default; turn them off in settings.
  • New: when Knockoff doesn't recognize a seller yet, it shows a “Where from?” chip. Opening the seller page adds their country to a community-built map that every install benefits from, and the countries you help map fill in a personal passport. Only seller IDs and countries are ever sent, never anything about you, your search, or the products.
v0.6.0
  • New: installing Knockoff now opens a quick welcome page that confirms it's on and lets you see it work on a live Amazon search, instead of dropping you into a settings form.
  • New: the first time Knockoff filters a search, a one-time toast confirms it's working and points out the toolbar button.
  • Changed: the Mac, iPhone, and iPad app icons now use the new red price-tag mark, matching the browser extension.
v0.5.1
  • Fixed: real brands are no longer dimmed on Amazon's newer search layout, where the brand sits on its own line above the product title (fixes Sony, SmallRig, and similar “[brand] [product]” searches).
  • Improved: Knockoff now adapts to Amazon layout changes without waiting for a store update, so filtering keeps working when Amazon reshuffles its page structure.
  • Changed: Knockoff's website has moved to knockoff.co.
v0.5.0
  • New: Knockoff now runs on Firefox for Android.
  • New: filter by minimum star rating and review count, so poorly-rated or barely-reviewed listings drop out alongside pseudo-brands.
  • New: when you report a misclassification, you can now name the brand you expected, so corrections land faster.
  • New: pseudo-brands are now filtered on Amazon's “Keep shopping for” recommendation grids, not just the main search results.
  • Improved: Knockoff now reads the brand from Amazon's dedicated byline, not just the product title, for more accurate detection.
  • Improved: certification and compatibility brackets at the start of a title (like “[FCC Certified]”) are no longer mistaken for the brand.
  • Improved: allowlisted brands are now recognized even when buried inside category-page titles.
  • Improved: fewer false flags: short vowelless acronyms like CCT and RGB read as unbranded, and accented words like German compounds are no longer misread as pseudo-brands.
  • Improved: expanded the built-in brand lists so more real brands are recognized on sight.
  • Improved: more media titles (books, music, movies) are skipped on all-departments searches.
  • Changed: dimmed listings now stay dimmed when you hover; only an explicit un-hide reveals them.
  • Changed: refreshed app icon and in-app logo with the new red price-tag brand mark.
v0.4.0
  • New: the control panel now lists every brand it filtered on the current search, each with one-click buttons to allow or block it.
  • New: back up and restore your settings (filter level, allow and block lists, and preferences) as a JSON file from the options page.
  • New: on product pages, Knockoff now warns when the seller's name looks like a trademark-squat pseudo-brand.
  • New: the settings page opens automatically the first time you install Knockoff.
  • Improved: category words you search for are no longer dimmed by the detection heuristics.
  • Fixed: Bibles are no longer flagged on all-departments searches.
v0.3.0
  • New: media and digital categories (Books, Kindle, Audible, music, movies, apps) are now skipped entirely: titles there are works, not brand names, so nothing gets wrongly filtered.
  • New: the options page now includes the core filter controls (filter level, action, and related settings), so you can adjust Knockoff without opening an Amazon page.
  • New: refresh the community brand list on demand from the options page instead of waiting for the daily update.
  • Improved: the “hide Sponsored listings” option now also removes sponsored widget carousels and works on non-English marketplaces.
  • Improved: brand detection: model numbers (like CR2032), metric fastener sizes (like M6), and generic words like “Heat” are no longer mistaken for brands; fewer false flags on real golf brands; and unlisted brands that name-drop Apple or Samsung hardware are now caught.
  • Fixed: control-panel menus now close when you click outside them.
  • Mac: now supports macOS 11 Big Sur and later (previously required a much newer macOS).
v0.2.0
  • New: works on every Amazon marketplace (Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, India, Mexico, Brazil, and more) with locale-aware brand detection. Previously only .com, .ca, .co.uk, and .com.au.
  • New: optional toggle to hide Amazon “Sponsored” listings, in the Knockoff control panel. Off by default; leaves organic results (and Amazon's own “Featured from Amazon brands” tiles) untouched.
  • Changed: filtered listings are now dimmed by default instead of hidden, so you can see what Knockoff caught. Prefer them gone? Switch the action to Hide in the control panel.
v0.1.0
  • Initial release. Filters trademark-squat pseudo-brands out of Amazon search results with hide / dim / label actions, three filter levels (Relaxed, Standard, Strict), personal allow/block lists, and one-click misclassification reporting. Runs locally; the only network request is a daily brand-list refresh. Works on amazon.com, .ca, .co.uk, and .com.au.