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Is there / could there be a federated ebay?
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2026
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Services like eBay are part platform, part people. eBay's people do a lot behind the scenes to ensure it runs smoothly and ethically... AND they take a significant chunk of the proceeds. You could put up some free software that does auctions but you wouldn't have all those high paid security and trust workers working for you.