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by notcolin 3413 days ago
> Lütke's attempt to paint this as a defense of free speech is disingenuous

Is it?

"To kick off a merchant is to censor ideas and interfere with the free exchange of products at the core of commerce. When we kick off a merchant, we’re asserting our own moral code as the superior one. But who gets to define that moral code? Where would it begin and end? Who gets to decide what can be sold and what can’t? If we start blocking out voices, we would fall short of our goals as a company to make commerce better for everyone. Instead, we would have a biased and diminished platform."

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So you're saying that Shopify can be used for porn and that Shopify does not have TOS and does not enforce it?
Is that to be explained by legality rather than morality, though?