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The importance of Hacker Sovereignty

by 4lien_dev

With the rise and success of SubsCrypto, I have notice that we depend on a large number of entities/companies in order to succeed, and I do not see that as something positive.

What I mean is, that for example I need to run ads mainly on Google Ads (I know we have alternatives, but not so effective) but recently my account was blocked there. The same applies to checkout process, which I automated with Stripe but my account is on hold as well. I even remind that a few weeks ago I read how Pieter Levels, the father of this movement, got his Wise account suspended (I use this same app).

So, what is the alternative? What options do we have? I honestly have no idea. Probably we have to find ways to be less dependant on such platforms, but I still have not found the way.

What are your thoughts on this?

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 on May 20, 2023
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    Google doesn't like ads from crypto/casino businesses, so paid ads aren't that much scalable in the long run

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