New Delhi, May 26 -- Motorola is at the centre of another controversy after users alleged that the smartphone maker was quietly hijacking the Amazon app to redirect users via affiliate links without their knowledge.

A user on Reddit first highlighted the issue after noticing that opening Amazon on their Motorola Razr 60 Ultra briefly opened a browser window leading to a "sketchy looking" URL before redirecting back to Amazon. The user noted that the issue seemed to stem from a hidden system app called Smart Feed, which appeared to intercept attempts to open Amazon on Motorola phones.

"I noticed something weird happening lately on my Razr 60 Ultra: when I tried to open the Amazon app, it would instead open the browser and send me to some...