Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes

This story has the internet doing a full double take: some Motorola phones appear to open Amazon the sneaky way when launched from the app drawer, briefly bouncing through a web page so an affiliate code can be slipped in. In plain English, people think their phone may be trying to grab a tiny cut of their shopping behind their backs. Even worse? This was spotted on a pricey $1,900 Razr Fold, which only made commenters more enraged. One user traced it to Motorola’s preinstalled Smart Feed app, and the article says disabling that app seems to stop the behavior.

The comments quickly turned into a roast session. The harshest reactions were pure disgust: “How low can you go?” was basically the mood of the thread. Another commenter went straight for the broad-brush attack, saying “Chinese brands always pull this stuff,” turning the conversation into a wider argument about trust, phone makers, and whether budget-friendly brands come with too many shady surprises. That kind of comment added instant drama, because it shifted the story from one weird app trick to a whole identity crisis for the brand.

Then came the exit announcements. One user said they were considering buying a Motorola in the future and now it’s a hard “not now.” Others went full chaos mode: one joked that if Amazon is the one getting skimmed, maybe that’s not exactly a tragedy. The weirdest plot twist of all? The redirect appears tied to a fashion influencer website, which made the whole thing sound less like a bug and more like the setup to a very online soap opera.