I'm just not sure what you would like them to do about it right now.
The point is that when the contractor asked for changes, he got told to go stuff himself. It's only when there's larger publicity that they suggested the contract can change.
And, TBH, it's ridiculous to construe my argument as they have to change right now.
They were asked to change, and they refused. That's a problem. What part of that do you not understand?
So I wasn't sure what you wanted your comment to accomplish. Sounded like it wasn't fast enough but if that's not the case what do you actually want from this conversation with the founder? Do you want him to apologize to you? Do you want them to issue a public apology? What was your goal to avoid me from construing your argument any further?
At no point did the parent say that Gigster had to change right now. Rather, the parent made some reasonable points:
A.) Smart developers would not sign shitty contracts.
B.) When a smart developer asked questions about the contract, his questions were flat out ignored.
C.) Now that there is an outcry, the founder claims he will 'review' the contract.
If the founder had gotten involved in the support case, the response would be reasonable. Now, it stinks of a founder doing damage control.
Yes, it's probably some stock-standard boilerplate contract, but if companies can write contracts that contractors accept only on the assumption that they'll never be enforced, then when someone calls them out for it, they get to say, "Oh, people hate this? We'll change it (now).", what gives people the incentive to start with reasonble terms.
Maybe? If you say a clause shouldn't be in there couldn't a lawyer immediately take you to court and get the document invalidated?
I wouldn't rush to saying anything about the contract IMO.
> Yes, it's probably some stock-standard boilerplate contract, but if companies can write contracts that contractors accept only on the assumption that they'll never be enforced, then when someone calls them out for it, they get to say, "Oh, people hate this? We'll change it (now).", what gives people the incentive to start with reasonble terms.
Gigster is a YC company so "move fast, break things" etc. They probably went with what was the fastest / cheapest at the time, no one had an issue with it and it was never brought up.
