In the last two months, eBay has announced it is closing its doors to Google Checkout and Rapleaf … thereby proving it is an uber-walled-garden a la CompuServe of the 1990s.

Here is a great overview over at TechEffect:

eBay is becoming more and more territorial, and is on the verge of becoming a completely closed network.

And Webtown has a quick post on eBay — Open up or die out.