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LeifCarrotson ◴[12 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.45904120[source]▶

It's crazy to me that rsync.net is buying mission-critical enterprise drives on Amazon.

I don't buy drives on Amazon for my 9 year old's laptop because of the rampant fraud and counterfeiting, I'm shocked that they're trusted for any business use-cases by anyone moderately savvy. I'm even more shocked that the takeaway is to blame the individual seller, rather than the marketplace that makes it possible.

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1. esafak ◴[12 Nov 25 18:49 UTC] No.45904215[source]▶

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Marketplaces only work when the participants maintain a reputation. The buyer here is doing his part.

See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45896707 (HDD shortage)

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