I can't read the article because it's paywalled but I have a feeling this is more about competing with Facebook marketplace. eBay is for cross-country selling,

I can't read the article because it's paywalled but I have a feeling this is more about competing with Facebook marketplace. eBay is for cross-country selling, which is very expensive to do for furniture with all shipping cost and trouble of trying to pack things within a box. However on Facebook you have dozens of people ready to go pick it up at your home, no disabling needed.