Comment on Funko, BrandShield speak out about itch.io takedown

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Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I think Iwantmyname may be the worst player in this story.

Everyone else kind of did what they were expected to do:

  1. Itch provides a platform for user generated content and took down some questionable content when asked.
  2. Funko is an IP based toy company and asked a tech company to protect their IP online
  3. BrandShield is a fucking cancer of a service that acted aggressively to protect its client’s interests

But:

  1. Iwantmyname is meant to provide a domain name registration service, it’s a cutthroat industry where often times customer service is viewed as an unnecessary cost, but itch was their client and they should have been helping itch respond to the notice in a manner that allowed it to continue to exist. Instead they were willing to shut it down without any real dialog.

The rest might be decent business partners if you are looking for their kind of service but Iwantmyname isn’t to be trusted.

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