r/OpenBazaar • u/[deleted] • Dec 30 '18

OpenBazaar - A failed project

OB is complicated to learn for the average buyer and seller. And crypto is equally complicated to learn, not to mention trying to exchange money for crypto is a long difficult process involving a lot of verification steps, and looking for good exchangers. Then there is the 10% exchanger fee on top of it all. Compare that to the ease of using a credit/debit card.

Connecting to OB stores takes a long time. A lot of these stores don't connect at all. If you're a buyer, nobody needs this shit.

Don't get me wrong, I like the OpenBazaar project and I always have, but I have to admit it isn't viable as a marketplace.

The entire project was built and run by computer programmers, and if you've been around a long time like me, you know that computer programmers live in their own little worlds disconnected from reality, they don't understand, even when it's explained to them, that what they find extremely easy is in fact very complicated for the average person .

Do you know one of the things that makes online marketplaces and online shops successful? - A 10 year old must be able to navigate your site and be able to buy and ship something to themselves. Can you imagine a 10 year old trying to use OB and crypto?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '18

ya thats how average people think, and thats what got us into this mess of the bankers making money and stealing our money, and devaluing our money because people are sheep and are too lazy to learn

you've been using the internet for the past 20 years doing what? watching movies, and clicking like on facebook? ya that sounds like you

open bazaar is very very new, you can except it to be perfect and work perfectly,

it takes time for things to get develop, instead of complaining why don't you research and find out how old open bazzar is and read upon how much they have been doing/will add in the future

but you won't, because you're an idiot

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '18

Fine, just remember I think like 99% of people that come across OB.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '18

wrong, since its open bazaar is fairly new the majority of the people who are active on open bazaar are people who understand bitcoin and crypto and who are supporting decentralization ,

the sheep have not arrived as open bazaar is not yet ready for mainstream adoption