The far right caucus is a lot like hostage takers who threaten to kill one hostage every hour until their demands are met.

In the end of the article, the author plugged their competing platform so this isn’t a neutral opinion. I still agree with it. A federation of online retailers would be an interesting idea. Given that it involves exchanging money for products, it would be a lot more completed than kbin, lemmy, or Mastodon.

Brick and mortar store do it too. Pharmacies sell name brand drugs and their own generic version next to them. I buy the generic version. I would like to lose that option. Amazon is a different story.