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All of those sites are toxic customers. Continuing to host them will draw the government's ire.

For Parler, the Jan 6 Committee would have inundated Amazon with subpoenas for internal documents and demanded testimony from executives. It's understandable why Parler was deplatformed so many times: because nobody likes government scrutiny. The risk is clearly greater than the reward.

I'm not saying that this was the right decision for society, but I understand where they're coming from, and these companies should be transparent about their motivations.