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quickthrower2 on July 12, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shopify and the Power of Platforms

Really. I’m not a seller so I didn’t know. But that’s almost serfdom.

gruez on July 12, 2019 [–]

How is not being able to freeload off a platform for free advertising even close to serfdom?

quickthrower2 on July 12, 2019 | [–]

You set up a successful business on Amazon having done a lot of marketing yourself and now you are forced to use them to sell everything. You are now working for Amazon, or lose your business.

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