Controversy on Vercel employee access to app data (twitter.com) 10 points by thereisnotry 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] NicoJuicy 2y ago ↗ That's weird.So first Vercel opensourced his app ( similar)Then they contacted him tho drop his domain, through his private emailI'm really wondering if employees are making moves based on customer data here.1. see noticable trend of a customer app2. Easy to do ( hard to master)?3. Opensource a clone4. Let Vercel tweet about it5. ProfitThis seems bad. [–] NicoJuicy 2y ago ↗ Appears the guy got fired:https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221...Doesn't really tell the full story?How does someone in customer support opensource a similar customer app and then tries to get copyright infringement.Vercel is still following clients and then opensourcing clones of their products for marketing purpose?
[–] NicoJuicy 2y ago ↗ Appears the guy got fired:https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221...Doesn't really tell the full story?How does someone in customer support opensource a similar customer app and then tries to get copyright infringement.Vercel is still following clients and then opensourcing clones of their products for marketing purpose?
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[ 2.4 ms ] story [ 15.0 ms ] threadSo first Vercel opensourced his app ( similar)
Then they contacted him tho drop his domain, through his private email
I'm really wondering if employees are making moves based on customer data here.
1. see noticable trend of a customer app
2. Easy to do ( hard to master)?
3. Opensource a clone
4. Let Vercel tweet about it
5. Profit
This seems bad.
https://twitter.com/vercel_support/status/171329547499877221...
Doesn't really tell the full story?
How does someone in customer support opensource a similar customer app and then tries to get copyright infringement.
Vercel is still following clients and then opensourcing clones of their products for marketing purpose?