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Re:Bootstrapping to €600k MRR and getting killed by Shopify by matsemann on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:11PM (#36897848)
Why should Shopify be allowed to decide what two other businesses (merchant and OP) willingly do just because they own the platform?

No, they shouldn't have to play whack-a-mole, I'd argue they shouldn't be allowed to.

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Re:Bootstrapping to €600k MRR and getting killed by Shopify by lolinder on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:21PM (#36897998)
What OP did was bypass Shopify entirely for the checkout part of the process, thereby taking away Shopify's revenue for OP's customers. That's not software freedom, that's theft.

Any two businesses are welcome to transact with each other, as long as they're not using resources that belong to a third party who doesn't want to be involved in the transaction.

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Re:Bootstrapping to €600k MRR and getting killed by Shopify by Dylan16807 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:31PM (#36899720)
It's not theft. Calm your horses.

And if shopify actually didn't want to be involved they would just fire those customers.

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