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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by lupire on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @07:31PM (#25756219)
Should it be illegal for me to cancel a subscription because the vendor needs the money?

No one is entitled to income from their source of choosing. Government provides welfare, not whoever you want to do business with.

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by jwalton on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:45PM (#25757768)
There is, perhaps, a slightly different power dynamic between you as a subscriber paying $9 a month, and you as a client of a huge near monopoly who can kill your livelihood at the whim of an algorithm.