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		innagadadavida 79 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Instant Checkout and the Agentic Commerce Protocol Ads haven't made it yet, they are charging money for the purchase made: > Merchants pay a small fee on completed purchases, but the service is free for users, doesn’t affect their prices, and doesn’t influence ChatGPT’s product results.

hchdifnfbgbf 78 days ago [–]

Yes, so they’re being incentivized to highlight products which they get a cut of, and more strongly to highlight more expensive products.

This is called affiliate marketing and it’s toxic.

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