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by raldi 1114 days ago
Nope; it was used every time we needed to look up whether someone was a subscriber, which was cached for some things but not all of them.
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Self-replying to add: This wasn’t a particularly frequent occurrence.
What sort of events would trigger this lookup if it was infrequent?
It's hard to remember after 13 years, but for example if someone made a purchase and redeemed it, or checked the status of their subscription.
Makes sense :)