[CPLX]

I mean I do totally understand why someone would choose not to try to battle a big tech company, for sure.

But it strikes me at first glance as obviously anti-competitive, and reaching out or filing a complaint with the FTC and its international equivalents would be one starting point.

The FTC has been paying attention these days, you might actually get something moving.

[jacquesm]

He will get something moving alright: Shopify will nix his partner agreement in a heartbeat and it will never ever be re-instated.

These things are next to impossible to win for the smaller party unless you have all the time in the world and extremely deep pockets.

[CPLX]

It seems unlikely to me that simply contacting a federal regulator (while not actually breaking the TOS) would result in that kind of retaliation.

Presumably Shopify has at least one person in their general counsel’s office that’s not a complete fucking moron.