Etsy used to be a place where you could reliably find one-of-kind items and directly support the artists that created them.
As it has traversed the classic #enshittification cycle, Etsy has become more “buyer-focused,” and less useful to artisans, who are being crowded out by mass-produced goods and paying higher fees.
As elsewhere, (ahem, #CoSocialCa) dissatisfaction with the corporatization of this space is prompting people to try something new:
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