Episode 396 - EBay's Revenge

About this episode

The episode discusses the unexpected and aggressive response from eBay following a minor legal issue involving its head.

In 2019, a niche website focused on e-commerce made a passing reference to some minor legal trouble the head of eBay was in. Months of surveillance, harrassment, and death threats later, and the world knew not to mess with eBay. This is not so much of David vs. Goliath story. This is more the story of Goliath jumping David in a dark alley and David left wondering what the hell he did to piss off Goliath.

Topics covered

• society
• culture
• history
• science
• medicine

Keywords

• e-commerce
• legal trouble
• surveillance
• harassment
• death threats

Mentioned in this episode

Products: eBay

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