Many are new students who don't think about the business landscape of the service they choose to build something on.
Students who are learning to build things on these platforms shouldn't lose their early work.
Students who are learning to build things on these platforms shouldn't lose their early work.
... and have not yet learned about version control or backups the hard way.
Not to mention if whatever they are working does take off, those companies would throw extra credits to these students.
I think they’ll be fine.