Not just dictators, anything that is dictatorial and oppressive invites opposition and if opposition is ignored or suppressed, withdrawal is all that's left.
Ebay started on its present course with the imposition of FVF on P&P costs for all sellers because ebay couldn't be bothered to crack down on the few that were taking advantage of there being no FVF on P&P. Everyone suffered except ebay, who profited.
Ebay has been doing the same ever since, imposing this, prohibiting that and squeezing sellers for a few pennies more every time. But with each squeeze, ebay lost more private sellers.
The chickens are coming home roost and (IMO) there are not enough private sellers left to sustain the top heavy numbers of businesses trying to live off them.
These latest restrictions won't save ebay or businesses that don't have enough sales to be viable. The more private sellers ebay looses the more businesses that will fail.
If ebay wants to turn itself around, it needs to stop squeezing the few private sellers still here and start encouraging them to return. Hollow "Free to Sell" ads. that are only half truths and don't mention that sellers who don't pay Sponsorship Fees won't sell anything much will only get them here short-term but will create resentment that they've been fooled again and wasted their time.
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