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This reminds me of domain squatting. Imagine a world without domain squatters (or this): if people need a domain/table, they will just ask for it. If it's bei
by lifeformed 12y ago
This reminds me of domain squatting. Imagine a world without domain squatters (or this): if people need a domain/table, they will just ask for it. If it's being used by someone else already, then they'll try a different domain/restaurant. The supply/demand is not interfered with by anything else.
Now here comes a service where the only person benefiting is the middle man. It's worse for the end user, because now they have to pay a fee to get what could've been theirs normally (or at least would've fairly been someone else's that was using it legitimately). It's worse for the provider, because now their user base's spending money has been diminished a little (less for you).
It makes sense that it exists, but it feels like a selfish thing. It's extracting money from a place that has value, but didn't need tapping.