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Re:Etsy Strike by TheRealDunkirk on Monday April 11, 2022 @01:58PM (#30992442)
Looks like Etsy made $160M last year. I think they can afford to ramp up their efforts in this area. But, like the Apple App Store, people are only going to get satisfaction if they can make a big enough stink on social media.
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Re:Etsy Strike by JAlexoid on Monday April 11, 2022 @02:51PM (#30993024)
A) Why should they?

B) Are investors not allowed to make any return on their investments in form of dividends?

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Re:Etsy Strike by giaour on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:04PM (#30993218)
> Why should they?

Because otherwise their brand is asymptotically approaching just being a more expensive Ali Express.

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Re:Etsy Strike by JAlexoid on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:24PM (#30993482)
The brand is established and it's not that heavily diluted... Even then - it only needs to keep up with the aesthetics and product types, to keep on top.

So no... They don't need to. And curated storefronts were many - I knew of at least 5 startups in that space - they all folded.

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Re:Etsy Strike by vorpalhex on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:26PM (#30993504)
> Why should they?

If they do not, many sellers will stop using them. Many buyers will stop using them. They will have competition.

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Re:Etsy Strike by JAlexoid on Monday April 11, 2022 @03:40PM (#30993717)
You're basically arguing for a monopoly now.

Let them fail.

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Re:Etsy Strike by Fomite on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @01:29AM (#30998951)
"They should do this thing in order to continue to succeed."

"Why?"

"Because if they don't they'll fail."

"Now you're arguing for a monopoly."

You can't possibly be arguing in good faith at this point.

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Re:Etsy Strike by JAlexoid on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @03:05PM (#31018835)
You have to ignore the "They will have competition." to make your own bad faith argument.

PS: And then miss our further interaction

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Re:Etsy Strike by vorpalhex on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:05PM (#30994094)
As a consumer, I don't want to go through the effort of finding the next Etsy. I want to be lazy and have the current Etsy be good.

Whatever comes next will be small. They will lack some of the things I want for many years.

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Re:Etsy Strike by JAlexoid on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:21PM (#30994344)
As a lazy person I want sixpack abs, without putting in the effort.

Also - monopolies are never good.

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Re:Etsy Strike by vorpalhex on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:34PM (#30994584)
If shouting at the sky had a chance to convince God to endow me with abs, I would make it a daily practice.

Etsy does listen to it's consumers, at least some times. The cost of complaining here is commensurate with the potential benefit.

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Re:Etsy Strike by dwighttk on Monday April 11, 2022 @04:23PM (#30994387)
Is Etsy paying dividends?
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