@vriska @Kitty they could be doing the opposite and you can do literally nothing because its a de facto monopoly and you have no rights/recourse of any kind. the sole remedy is "we'll retroactively disable all your purchases" which in a normal business contract world would be glared at, but for some reason in the public world we just go ahead and let people make monopolies that do whatever the fuck it wants and just say "lol cope"

idk. i don't think relying on gabe 1) staying alive and 2) feeling magnanimous is a great approach to society writ large