Joyent cancels gab.com hosting service

gab.com

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Hosting a "truly free speech" social platform on any cloud or hosted provider is not going to pan out well, really don't know what the creators expected here.

Pick a regulated telecom company or three to act as your ISP and get an ASN if this is the challenge you want to take on.

Indeed, but this isn't the most accessible thing for most people to take on. Something like Gab can and should be able to handle it, though, if they have any technical wherewithal.

Ultimately something like Urbit will be needed to provide a better home for this kind of thing.

It takes a bit of effort, sure, but Gab's creators did not make a backup plan, let alone take basic steps to protect against likely threats to their continued operation.

Has Shopify said anything about them running shop.gab.com?

Is your goal to give them ideas? Do the t-shirts violate Shopify's terms of service somehow? Should they be cut off from all possible revenue streams as punishment for their sins?

In the context of those revenue streams being made possible by private companies that are not required to serve anyone, yes, they have full latitude to ban anyone for any reason.

Ceding your revenue streams to the whims of volatile private companies is a poor idea when avoidable.

Doesn't appear to be the case anymore.

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