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Although eBay's motivations are probably not benevolent, and the implementation of this policy harms a reputable distributor, I do think this is a good thing ov

Although eBay's motivations are probably not benevolent, and the implementation of this policy harms a reputable distributor, I do think this is a good thing overall. There are several different authorized distributors of RPi; listing RPi on eBay simply offers another vector by which counterfeit/damaged/problematic devices can be sold, and the existence of a secondary market (eBay used buyers and sellers) for RPi also reduces the demand (revenue) for new devices. I buy mine directly from one of the authorized distributors provided by the project's website.

deelowe 6y ago
In your opinion, it's a good thing overall for ebay to ban a legitimate business over completely baseless copyright infringement claims because there might be a knock on effect causing some counterfeit manufacturers to get banned as well? What? No, this is a terrible precedent. Ebay needs to explain what's going on here.
- totalZero 6y ago
  If I translate that from Snark to English, I get "In your opinion, is it a good thing overall for eBay to prevent a legitimate business from selling a particular hardware product, and claiming that it is due to a violation of one of their stated policies, because there could be positive implications for the community that uses that hardware product?" My answer would be "yes." BTW it's the product that was removed, not the business itself. One of the nice things about RPi is that it is cheap and commoditized. WYSIWYG. One of the bad things about knockoffs is that their faults and authenticity are not discoverable at first glance. Also, I don't see what eBay needs to explain. They are preventing a product from being sold on their for-profit platform. You're talking about it like it's a Supreme Court decision and nobody wrote a majority opinion.

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Although eBay's motivations are probably not benevolent, and the implementation of this policy harms a reputable distributor, I do think this is a good thing ov

by totalZero 6y ago

deelowe 6y ago
In your opinion, it's a good thing overall for ebay to ban a legitimate business over completely baseless copyright infringement claims because there might be a knock on effect causing some counterfeit manufacturers to get banned as well? What? No, this is a terrible precedent. Ebay needs to explain what's going on here.
- totalZero 6y ago
  If I translate that from Snark to English, I get "In your opinion, is it a good thing overall for eBay to prevent a legitimate business from selling a particular hardware product, and claiming that it is due to a violation of one of their stated policies, because there could be positive implications for the community that uses that hardware product?" My answer would be "yes." BTW it's the product that was removed, not the business itself. One of the nice things about RPi is that it is cheap and commoditized. WYSIWYG. One of the bad things about knockoffs is that their faults and authenticity are not discoverable at first glance. Also, I don't see what eBay needs to explain. They are preventing a product from being sold on their for-profit platform. You're talking about it like it's a Supreme Court decision and nobody wrote a majority opinion.