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Did you read the article? It's not pirating and selling as yours, its reselling. Resellers exist for almost every kind of product or service. The original provi
by Rastonbury 4y ago
Did you read the article? It's not pirating and selling as yours, its reselling. Resellers exist for almost every kind of product or service. The original provider gets more sales, the reseller makes money from taking a cut, the customer gets the product/service. Manufacturers and service providers need distribution, resellers provide this. It's like paying a Chinese company to slap your own logo on a doodad and selling it on Amazon.
- ForHackernews 4y ago[flagged]
- HWR_14 4y agoThe point the are claiming is that resellers don't produce anything or add value. They would almost certainly agree with your Chinese/Amazon analogy and also condemn the resellers doing that. It's a common opinion among those who build stuff for a living and aren't responsible for marketing those things.
- rusticpenn 4y agoThe resellers take care of marketing your product in a market where you probably don’t have any presence.
- HWR_14 4y agoSometimes. Sometimes they snipe you. But yes, I agree resellers have value. I'm just saying people who've never tried to sell a product rarely see it.