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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by alborzb on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:05AM (#25774943)
Just a note here, it wasn't Twilio.

It was a free trial of Okta that they were using for their entire userbase.

https://twitter.com/okta/status/1348191370528256002?ref_src=...

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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by chefkoch on Thursday January 14, 2021 @08:36AM (#25776090)
How cheap can you be to run your whole site on a trial and fail open if it doesn't work anymore?
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Re:Pirate Bay founder thinks Parler’s inability to stay onli... by skrtskrt on Thursday January 14, 2021 @09:37AM (#25776753)
I read that they chose to fail open when Okta dropped them in order to stay online for awhile longer.
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