"This thing" is a hugely popular marketplace for second hand clothing. Probably the first platform to finally crack second hand clothing online, lots of billion dollars being spent on clothes.
The disdain some people have for what is not their niche is crazy. Not everything needs to be a SAAS. It's pretty clear this is meant to be used as an app and it looks like you did your best to ignore it.
> It's pretty clear this is meant to be used as an app and it looks like you did your best to ignore it.
Not clear at all. I looked up the company, opened the website, and there are some "get the app" buttons, but the website does not indicate that the product is an app-first experience at all.
The submitted article even mentions it as a "shopping site", not an app. And looking at play store reviews, it doesn't look like the app is any better. It's filled with various technical issues and 1 or 2 star reviews.
So excuse me for having this crazy assumption that if something is being sold for over a billion dollars, it should at least somewhat work.
If I were Etsy, I would probably buy it for the community and marketing talent, fire every single dev and start from scratch.
Ok boomer. Nobody uses websites anymore. For the proper shopping experience you must install the app. Your precise browsing history and phone location will be used to tailor a bespoke peer-to-peer shopping experience. Don't like a shopping app running 24/7 in your pocket? You just don't get modern fashion.
After scrolling a bit more down, I've noticed I can click on what I'm assuming is individual sellers, but that returns 500 internal server error.
And this thing is being sold for a billion dollars.