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> what, exactly, is OP supposed to do about it? Don't do it twice. > What leverage do they have in the world to change the way things are? Provide platform
by wishinghand 6y ago
> what, exactly, is OP supposed to do about it?
Don't do it twice.
> What leverage do they have in the world to change the way things are?
Provide platform agnostic services.
I'm no friend or supporter of the massive FAANG companies, but the parent company of Instagram helped popularize the phrase, "move fast and break things." I would never start a business based on another business that espoused that motto.
- jnovek 6y agoThis response and the GP are so useless to OP. I suspect that OP has already learned quite a bit about platform effect and will carry those lessons with them forever. Further, posting this is certainly intended as both a warning to the wise and a call for help. Saying variations of “platform effect is bad” is simply repeating (with substantially less authority) what OP is already telling us. It’s punditry. Rather than repeating what we already know, do you have any ideas or advice on how OP can get out of their current pickle?
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- KronisLV 6y agoApart from trying to get bunches of attention directed towards the issue, which in some cases may or may not make the corporations budge (cases like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26357033 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26357033 which would result in bad PR for said companies), is there really anything to be done in the first place? I think the person that you replied to seems to imply that there isn't, especially since what OP did may or may not be entirely allowed under the platform's ToS.