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Shopping on Etsy Sucks Now

Shopping on Etsy Sucks Now

Update: 2025-12-10
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On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by senior reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek, Amanda Mull, to talk about how the enshittification of online shopping came for Etsy. The platform used to be a thoughtful reprieve from the cheap, mass-produced products on Amazon, but now it’s plagued by a number of the same problems. With cheap junk and AI allegations abound, where can the Shein and Temu-haters go to actually find what they’re shopping for?


This podcast is produced by Vic Whitley-Berry, Daisy Rosario, and Kate Lindsay.

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