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The golden age of online shopping is over. Ian Bogost on how the end of a legal loophole could make purchase more expensive:

aug 29, 2025, 7:15 pm • 39 9

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Mr. James @thatcheesyjames.bsky.social

Meanwhile...

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aug 29, 2025, 7:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Beth Loves to Travel @skywalkerbeth.bsky.social

Maybe this will bring Amazon down.

aug 29, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
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janepor00325520.bsky.social @janepor00325520.bsky.social

As far as I’m concerned the golden age of online shopping ended when bezos became nausea-inducing.

aug 29, 2025, 8:09 pm • 0 0 • view
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Robert Owen @petit-a.bsky.social

That de minimis “loophole” was part of Herbert Hoover’s original Smoot-Hawkey Tariff Act of 1930.

aug 29, 2025, 7:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Melody von Rock @melodyvonrock.bsky.social

In & from the US ONLY. The rest of world continues to online shop!

aug 29, 2025, 8:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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Matthew 🦖 @moosewithablanket.bsky.social

Is it really a loophole when it was entirely intentional?

aug 29, 2025, 7:26 pm • 1 0 • view