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Building your business on someone else's property subjects you to a material risk that the owner may someday kick you out. Being a responsible business owner me
by otterley 6y ago
Building your business on someone else's property subjects you to a material risk that the owner may someday kick you out. Being a responsible business owner means you recognize that risk and mitigate it as needed for business continuity, and have contingency plans in the event that it happens.
- ccn0p 6y agokind of agree with this statement in a free market sense, but the problem with these winner-take-most markets is there are often no reasonable alternatives.
- xyzzy_plugh 6y agoSure, but the more important factor in these sorts of relationships is that there is in fact usually a binding contract. Twitch refers to these as "Partners" who they have extended a contract to. While I am sure Twitch has the ability to sever that contract essentially at will, it doesn't mean they are exempt from legal repercussions of doing so.
- beaconstudios 6y agoI believe there's precedent for them severing a massive partner at will, in the case of Dr Disrespect.
- xyzzy_plugh 6y agoYes, but it's always always better to have a policy in place than to make one-off decisions.
- beaconstudios 6y agoYeah that would be better, people should be able to know in advance what they're not allowed to do. I was just pointing out that they've done it before.
- otterley 6y agoThis isn't always feasible or practical. People can't always foresee the future (otherwise gambling wouldn't be a thing). So we can't assume that a policy can cover every possible scenario that might occur. Things happen that practically nobody thought might happen. This is why "escape hatch" clauses were invented--to give parties a way out in the event that the unforeseen occurs.
- beaconstudios 6y agoI think the idea is what once the unforseen does happen, that you encode the decision you made into the rules.