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Or, "How Parler outsourced nearly every critical aspect of its business, incurring massive risk in pursuit of maximizing profits." This is the risk of the modern, ultra-lean online enterprise. Parler got kicked off for knowingly providing a communications platform for terrorists. But other businesses that ride along on the backs of FAANG, like the business equivalent of remora eels, have been similarly affected by factors out of their control like changing search algorithms and shifting app store policies. It's a risk of running a business on top of someone else's business.



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