eBay went straight to the nuke

Another great article sent by ER:

 

“The title above was makester Phil Torrone's gut comment on the radar backchannel to eBay's decision to cancel all their US-based ad$ on Google in response to Google's 'Freedom Party'. The Freedom party was meant as a friendly but prominent reminder of eBay's unwillingness to let Google Checkout onto their platform.”

 

One of the comments was great, too:

 

‘Welcome to the dark side of the Internet. Originally viewed as a place that would make diversity more likely, we have to come to grips with the fact that eliminating all friction allows ideas with a slight advantage to take over that much quicker. The oceans were a blessing in allowing Darwinian evolution to flourish in different ways in different places. Without such barriers, we see how quickly just a few species take over.”