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Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by jimnotgym on Friday August 20, 2021 @02:50PM (#28249897)
>Businesses don't have the right to make compliance optional or inadequate if it doesn't work for their business model. They have to pick a business model that can be compliant.

Not to be snarky, but isn't the the SV business model. Facebook 'are not a publisher', because editors cost too much. Uber are 'not an employer', because proper benefits cost too much..etc ad infinitum

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Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by tablespoon on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:59PM (#28252342)
> Not to be snarky, but isn't [that] the SV business model. Facebook 'are not a publisher', because editors cost too much. Uber are 'not an employer', because proper benefits cost too much..etc ad infinitum

I totally agree with you, it is. Responsibility is a barrier to scaling and other selfish goals, so their "clever hack" is to try to be as irresponsible as they can get away with.

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Re:A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong by colejohnson66 on Friday August 20, 2021 @06:06PM (#28251940)
Doesn't make it OK
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