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Everyone here argue about how this is incoherent with them allowing to sell others things... while the real question is why they did this. Someone else mention

by dwild 6y ago

Everyone here argue about how this is incoherent with them allowing to sell others things... while the real question is why they did this. Someone else mentions they take 15%, I though it was higher, but let's go with that. Why wouldn't they want to make bank over theses Pi, even the ones actually in a grey area. Let's be honest, this is coherent with Ebay, they want to make cash, like any other business, and something would cause them to make less of it if they were to sell Raspberry Pi. Someone else mentioned RIAA/MPAA, which would make sense with the copyright stuff, but why wouldn't RIAA/MPAA fight all the other ones too? So here I am, asking myself, who would want to stop Raspberry Pi from being sold, or for Little Bird Company to stop selling stuff.

ajmarcic 6y ago
Pure speculation, but it's more difficult to fingerprint device users when buying used. Linux is obviously more protective of privacy, as is the entropy of having many near-identical setups.
treis 6y ago
> Everyone here argue about how this is incoherent with them allowing to sell others things... while the real question is why they did this. Actually, the real question is "did they do this". And the answer is, no, they didn't. Raspberry Pi returns 50,000 items and all sorts of new and used kits. Whatever listing got removed was either by mistake or because they were selling something more than just a Raspberry Pi.
- ajmarcic 6y ago
  The answer is, yes, a small third-party used listing was removed by eBay. The fact that large retailers are recirculating used Pis has no bearing on what makes this intriguing (see my reply). The open question is whether this is part of broader efforts by parties such as eBay or the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
  - treis 6y ago
    There's plenty of listings from individuals and small companies. No open question. Anyone can buy or sell Raspberry Pis on ebay as evidence by the thousands of people doing that.
    - ajmarcic 6y ago
      You're absolutely correct about the presence of listings. I agree with your skepticism towards describing this as anything more than a one-off bad copyright flagging on eBay AU. That being said, the event does warrant attention to check whether it is part of broader (perhaps regional) behavior.

by dwild 6y ago

ajmarcic 6y ago

Pure speculation, but it's more difficult to fingerprint device users when buying used. Linux is obviously more protective of privacy, as is the entropy of having many near-identical setups.

treis 6y ago

> Everyone here argue about how this is incoherent with them allowing to sell others things... while the real question is why they did this. Actually, the real question is "did they do this". And the answer is, no, they didn't. Raspberry Pi returns 50,000 items and all sorts of new and used kits. Whatever listing got removed was either by mistake or because they were selling something more than just a Raspberry Pi.

ajmarcic 6y ago
The answer is, yes, a small third-party used listing was removed by eBay. The fact that large retailers are recirculating used Pis has no bearing on what makes this intriguing (see my reply). The open question is whether this is part of broader efforts by parties such as eBay or the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
- treis 6y ago
  There's plenty of listings from individuals and small companies. No open question. Anyone can buy or sell Raspberry Pis on ebay as evidence by the thousands of people doing that.
  - ajmarcic 6y ago
    You're absolutely correct about the presence of listings. I agree with your skepticism towards describing this as anything more than a one-off bad copyright flagging on eBay AU. That being said, the event does warrant attention to check whether it is part of broader (perhaps regional) behavior.