I’ve had it. I’m sick of corporations pulling the rug out from under people who built audiences, businesses, and livelihoods with the very platforms those companies provide — sometimes on technology that was a communal effort to begin with. One day you’re building something meaningful; the next, you’re “cut off” with a vague email and no meaningful explanation. No appeal, no path back, just silence or a canned one-liner that reads like it came from an algorithm that hates nuance.

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This is not just personal annoyance. It’s a structural problem. In one sentence: we depend on infrastructure and platforms controlled by handfuls of powerful private actors — and that dependency lets them decide, unilaterally and opaquely, who succeeds and who doesn’t.

Below: a deeper dive into why this keeps happening, what it means, and — most importantly — what we can actually do about it.

The pattern: how it usually plays out

1. You build: a shop, a community, content, or a tool — often using a big company’s platform because it’s the easiest, cheapest, or only practical route.
2. You scale: their distribution, APIs, payments, or marketplace make growth possible.
3. They change the rules: algorithm updates, policy tweaks, account suspensions, platform redesigns, vendor delistings — often announced poorly (if at all).
4. You lose: suddenly reduced reach, frozen funds, loss of access, or outright account termination.
5. The explanation is vague or nonexistent: “violation of terms” is handed down like a verdict with no jury, no evidence, and often no appeals process that actually works.

Sound familiar? eBay, AMEX, Amazon, Netflix, social networks, app stores — countless people have been burned by this loop. You could have built everything by the book and still find yourself in the crosshairs of a faceless policy enforcement action.

Why this keeps happening: the root causes

1. Centralized control of essential infrastructure

When a single company controls payments, hosting, discovery, or an entire marketplace, it becomes a gatekeeper. You don’t have a contract with the economy; you have a relationship with a company that can change terms anytime.

2. Opaque enforcement and automation

To scale trust & safety, platforms automate moderation and enforcement. Machines can’t do nuance; teams triage edge cases poorly. That means honest people get flagged, appeals get buried, and policies are inconsistently applied.

3. Misaligned incentives

Corporations optimize for growth, risk reduction, and shareholder returns — not for your stability. Cutting off a segment of users might reduce legal risk or simplify operations even if it destroys livelihoods.

4. Platform lock-in and path dependency

The platform’s network effects make migration expensive. Your customers are there. Integrations are built for that ecosystem. That friction is leverage the platform can use — intentionally or not.

5. Legal & regulatory gray zones

Companies exploit regulatory ambiguity. Where laws haven’t caught up with platform power, companies set their own rules and enforce them inconsistently.

Real-world consequences

• Economic harm: Small business owners lose revenue, inventory, investments, and months/years of work overnight.
• Censorship-by-default: Legitimate voices get silenced because automated systems err on the side of removal.
• Innovation throttling: Developers avoid experimenting if a platform can revoke access to the tools that make their product viable.
• Concentration of power: A few corporations dictate taste, reach, and what’s commercially possible — and that shapes culture and competition.

“Stop buying their shit” — is that enough?

Telling people to boycott is emotionally satisfying and sometimes effective, but it’s not a panacea. Consumer pressure can change corporate behavior when it hits the bottom line or brand reputation — but it requires scale, coordination, and often when it matters most those harmed are not the ones buying the product.

So yes: stop buying from companies that harm people as a matter of principle whenever you can. But let’s also be realistic: many of these companies provide infrastructure you can't immediately replace. The meaningful response has to be multi-pronged.

Practical, durable strategies (for creators, builders, and consumers)

For creators and small businesses

• Don’t put all your eggs on one platform. Own the customer relationship (email list, phone numbers, usernames) so you can reach people off-platform.
• Diversify channels. Use multiple marketplaces, hosting, and payment processors where possible.
• Keep portable backups. Content, data, and customer lists should be exportable and backed up.
• Read contracts like they matter. Platform terms are often one-sided; document everything and keep screenshots of important communications.
• Plan for failure. Build a contingency plan before it’s needed: alternative distribution, mirrored stores, even a static landing page with instructions to reconnect.
• Use open standards and self-hosted options where practical. If you can run your storefront or community on software you control, you reduce dependence.

For developers & builders

• Design for portability. Make it easy for users to export data and move between services.
• Favor open source & interoperable standards. When possible, base products on protocols people can run independently.
• Be transparent in moderation. If you build platforms, make appeals processes clear and human-driven for nuanced cases.

For consumers and communities

• Vote with dollars — strategically. Support businesses that prioritize fair terms and decentralization.
• Organize collective action. Coordinated boycotts, reviews, or political pressure can change incentives.
• Push for regulation that balances innovation and accountability. Demand clearer rules around platform liability, due process, and transparency.

Structural fixes we should push for (policy & collective action)

• Due process for platform takedowns. Clear explanation, meaningful appeals, and timelines for review.
• Right to portability. Users and small businesses should be able to export data and migrate without ransom.
• Transparency reporting. Companies should publish takedown stats, reasons, and reversal rates.
• Anti-monopoly enforcement. Break up or regulate platforms that choke off competition by controlling adjacent markets.
• Standards for automated enforcement. Rules for when automated systems can act without human review, especially when livelihoods are at stake.

Alternatives & experiments worth trying

• Cooperatively-owned platforms. Worker- or user-owned marketplaces and networks where governance is democratic.
• Decentralized protocols. Mastodon-style federations, decentralized identity and payment rails, open marketplaces.
• Niche vertical platforms. Smaller players that serve specific communities and understand their needs.
• Hybrid models. Use large platforms for discoverability but keep sales and community on owned infrastructure.

A short, honest checklist to put in your pocket

1. Do you own the customer contact info? If not, start collecting it.
2. Can your content/data be exported? If not, build that capability now.
3. Do you have at least one redundant payment/distribution channel?
4. Is your business model tied to algorithmic whims? Start moving to direct relationships.
5. Can you livestream, announce, and move your audience if needed? Test it.

Closing: righteous anger — use it as fuel

Screaming “F#$k you, corporations” feels good and sometimes necessary. But rage alone doesn’t rebuild what was lost — strategy does. Channel this frustration into hard decisions: reduce single points of failure, push for transparent systems, support alternatives, and organize.

Do you really need that Netflix account you barely touch? Is funding Bezos’ next mega-yacht worth the junk you toss in your Amazon cart — or the $100+ a year you burn on Prime? And Costco? Do you honestly need another warehouse-sized pack of whatever or a Brady Bunch box of snacks? Cut it. F#@k these corporations and the ass holes behind them.

We can’t un-invent the platforms that made modern indie business possible. But we don’t have to be their hostages either. Build for portability, demand accountability, and support people-centered alternatives. And yes — when enough of us stop giving them a free pass, they’ll notice.