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If that equivalence were true, there wouldn't be any irony to mention. Technical elements are replaceable parts, unless some abysmally bad decisions have been made. Hopefully you/your firm does not need Mailchimp's continuing permission to exist. Any of the many competing similar providers will do.

In contrast the company in question has the tagline, "Make more money on Medium". Their existence is predicated on an external indulgence, and those are foundations of sand.