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minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up48arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoGoing after the marketplace is a more efficient strategy than playing whack a mole with individual sellers.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·11 months agoAlso being a marketplace they do have a duty to make sure that people are not selling illegal items on their platform. Because if platforms didn’t could you imagine how bad the Internet would be for buying things.
minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoI don’t disagree. I am generally in favor of keeping markets on a short leash. As you said, it could be a lot worse.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoExactly, keeping markets on a shorter leash is also something I’m generally in favor of
minus-squareAFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoAgreed, but I hope they go after the sellers, too.
Going after the marketplace is a more efficient strategy than playing whack a mole with individual sellers.
Also being a marketplace they do have a duty to make sure that people are not selling illegal items on their platform.
Because if platforms didn’t could you imagine how bad the Internet would be for buying things.
I don’t disagree. I am generally in favor of keeping markets on a short leash. As you said, it could be a lot worse.
Exactly, keeping markets on a shorter leash is also something I’m generally in favor of
Agreed, but I hope they go after the sellers, too.