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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by runawaybottle on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @02:45PM (#23238529)
It also will blur the line between sponsored reviews and sales. So imagine when you watch a review for something on YouTube, or see someone share a product on Insta, you just straight up buy that item/service from their page. You’ll now have your payment hooked into these platforms and they can take advantage of serious impulse buying.

Could subvert Patreon in a way also. The implications are there I think.

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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by hckr_news on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:07PM (#23238805)
It looks quite seamless from first glance. Was eventually going to happen I think given how much time people spend on these platforms. Instagram influencers will have an easier time and may perhaps forgo Shopify-built sites for the sake of simplicity by routing fans to their Instagram marketplace. Can see YouTube introducing YouTube-shop to keep people within the Google ecosystem and compete with Facebook.
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Re:Introducing Facebook Shops by type0 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:01PM (#23240834)
> Can see YouTube introducing YouTube-shop to keep people within the Google ecosystem and compete with Facebook.

Next, Youtube to partner with IKEA to bring you a virtual reality furniture shop /s

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