Why are 3rd party services 3rd party and not 2nd party?
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Your mum does your laundry for you. Your mum is number one in this arrangement (obvs), and you’re number two. Any time your talking to your mum about laundry, she’s 1 and you’re 2.
I run a detergent company. I want to sell you some detergent. Now in our discussion, your mum isn’t involved (I expect she’s loading the washing machine), just me and you. So now you’re number one, and I’m number two. When you mention your mum, she’s number 3, the third party that you contract with for your laundry services, but that’s only in our discussion. When you get home, you’ll realise your mum is number 1.
You’ll tell her you got a great deal, the best deal ever, on this detergent you bought. She’ll ask who you got it from, and now because I’m not part of this discussion, I become number 3 again, just some third party that isn’t either of you two champions.
When your mum realises the detergent sucks, she might come to me for a refund, and I’ll tell her to go away, she’s just some third party to this arrangement. Only first or second parties can sort out their arrangements, not third parties.
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