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This is true for any company using 3rd party services. I worked for one that used a 3rd party messaging service to send out mfa texts to users. The company was hacked and went offline, so we couldnt send any mfa codes.... and of course, they had no plan b.
In business, always have a backup
It's like when a streamer / content-creator gets "deplatformed" from whatever service and they had put all their eggs in that basket.
Yeah that's what tends to happen when monopolies and oligopolies form. That streamer should be making money equally from a diversified pool of YouTube, patreon, Spotify and discord and at least 3 others. If they started earning more in one platform they should pull back to keep the income balanced
/S