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0 pointsCPLX2y ago0 comments

I mean I do totally understand why someone would choose not to try to battle a big tech company, for sure.

But it strikes me at first glance as obviously anti-competitive, and reaching out or filing a complaint with the FTC and its international equivalents would be one starting point.

The FTC has been paying attention these days, you might actually get something moving.

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jacquesm2y ago· 1 in thread

He will get something moving alright: Shopify will nix his partner agreement in a heartbeat and it will never ever be re-instated.

These things are next to impossible to win for the smaller party unless you have all the time in the world and extremely deep pockets.

CPLXOP2y ago

It seems unlikely to me that simply contacting a federal regulator (while not actually breaking the TOS) would result in that kind of retaliation.

Presumably Shopify has at least one person in their general counsel’s office that’s not a complete fucking moron.

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