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Wait... Ebay is merely a marketplace where people or vendors use the platform to sell their goods.
Shouldn't the individuals be sued?
Or maybe it's because they could be in another country, so they go after the platform itself for allowing such devices to be sold?
Going after the marketplace is a more efficient strategy than playing whack a mole with individual sellers.
Also being a marketplace they do have a duty to make sure that people are not selling illegal items on their platform.
Because if platforms didn't could you imagine how bad the Internet would be for buying things.
I don't disagree. I am generally in favor of keeping markets on a short leash. As you said, it could be a lot worse.
Exactly, keeping markets on a shorter leash is also something I'm generally in favor of
Agreed, but I hope they go after the sellers, too.
The correct way would be to go after the buyers
The war on drugs would like a word.
As would the RIAA's war on piracy. Despite the exhorbitant fines being handed down, I don't believe they've made any profit from them.
That's a political bomb though. This accomplishes the same end goal and is a strong enough warning to prevent similar markets popping up in the future
Well they are illegal, although enforcement is up to the local jurisdiction. If you try to install these in California for instance, you will have a bad day and they can and will impound your vehicle.
Why not go after both?
They should then request all purchases of the devices, and go after the buyers too.
As a bonus, a lot of the people buying these are probably wife beaters or toxic f**wits. So, screw protecting them..
It's confusing because I kinda agree with some of your stereotyping and I'm not confident that is a good thing.
It's anti-social behavior.
It's not a good thing, its a way to divide us and make us hate. Don't fall into that.
I dunno, the article is pretty weak on details. Curious what comes of it.
I agree, hitting a couple of these sellers and manufacturers with multi-million dollar fines would be fucking great. They have to go onto X and complain to their drifting buddies that the only way to support Trump would be to bail them out of jail.