I liked Elizabeth Warren's idea, that a company like Amazon should not both own the marketplace and compete in it. For all the reasons stated in the article.
Brick and mortar store do it too. Pharmacies sell name brand drugs and their own generic version next to them. I buy the generic version. I would like to lose that option. Amazon is a different story.
I love what particl is doing. Tried the marketplace, and it works. I hope it gets the attention it deserves.
In the end of the article, the author plugged their competing platform so this isn't a neutral opinion. I still agree with it. A federation of online retailers would be an interesting idea. Given that it involves exchanging money for products, it would be a lot more completed than kbin, lemmy, or Mastodon.
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