Changelog

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 mobile — Firefox for Android, and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
  • 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.