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minus-squareVode An@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up50arrow-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-up29arrow-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.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·11 months agoThe correct way would be to go after the buyers
minus-squareDeepFriedDresden@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·11 months agoThe war on drugs would like a word.
minus-square520@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoAs would the RIAA’s war on piracy. Despite the exhorbitant fines being handed down, I don’t believe they’ve made any profit from them.
minus-squareChetzemoka@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoThat’s a political bomb though. This accomplishes the same end goal and is a strong enough warning to prevent similar markets popping up in the future
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.
The correct way would be to go after the buyers
The war on drugs would like a word.
As would the RIAA’s war on piracy. Despite the exhorbitant fines being handed down, I don’t believe they’ve made any profit from them.
That’s a political bomb though. This accomplishes the same end goal and is a strong enough warning to prevent similar markets popping up in the future