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> If Github has the power to change usernames or account details without notice then I would like them to communicate that to me clearly and upfront.

you can want whatever you want, they have no contractual relationship with you and no obligation to consult you about anything.

> Also, you dont have to pay github to have legal grounds. If the account is used for business purposes(business card, or other forms), then github could cause you financial damages no matter how small.

if you haven't paid them there is no contract or any binding commitment or obligation for them to provide you with any service whatsoever

> This is something we should demand from them.

what are you going to demand with? you aren't their customer

> If that was the case and Github came out to say that, I would never do business with them or use their services/platform.

maybe don't build your business on companies you don't have a binding contract with?

see: Apollo, Tweetbot




Great examples of how letting these private companies act however they feel like will ultimately lead us down to a worse experience and quality of life. Apollo and Tweetbot were great software that made those platforms much more useable and brought a lot of dedicated users to the platform. Now we have is poorly made official apps that offer nothing to the users. I don't use either platforms. I don't have an account with them anymore. I removed myself from them. Yet people like you make them important and justify their decisions. Instead of listening to their userbases' feedback, they instead PR it up and wait till there is only dysfunctional idiots left. TickTock started out as that and everyone else is trying to copy that homework. There are too many people in this world with poor mental health.

We should realize that somehow there needs to be an increase in regulation in business behavior. Even to how businesses treat other businesses that use their online platforms. Internet is too much of a wild west. It just does not seem there is modern actions and behaviors at play here. too narrow minded and thinking of how they are free too whatever they like without consequences.




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