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by codegeek 1160 days ago
Your best bet is #1 along with clear Terms of Service. #2 is not happening. The value of Gumroad is not in the software (you clearly can build it yourself for the most part). The value is in the ecosystem and the tools/resources they have to validate uploads (most likely manual but they can afford to do that).
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The value of Gumroad is certainly the software for the end-users.

End-users don't care about validating uploads.

But validating uploads is a necessary evil in order to sustain the business.

All user input is evil, but especially so when they have a free-for-all "upload" field.