A few months ago, I caught Gumroad trying to roll out MOR (Merchant Operator of Record) on Twitter and immediately called them out on it. They were attempting t

A few months ago, I caught Gumroad trying to roll out MOR (Merchant Operator of Record) on Twitter and immediately called them out on it. They were attempting to launch this feature before it was even completed. They were internally rolling it out globally, even for parts of the world without a taxation system to collect on. Nevertheless, Gumroad was still planning to apply these charges. This was despite the fact that there are countless existing and affordable platforms, 100,000 times more developed—that could seamlessly integrate with Gumroad and already have this system in place. However, they decided to build it themselves. Why? I’m not entirely sure, but I’m willing to bet it has something to do with Sahil taking a position at DOGE and perhaps an effort to obscure payment activity. Why else? All the other scaled and fully built systems are likely to face heavy scrutiny over the next 24 months. And if a system is "still being built" or "unfinished," I guess it’s much harder to comply with regulators or provide data in response to FOIA requests, isn’t it? things that make you go hmmmmm.