Controversy on Vercel employee access to app data

#1

Post by thereisnotry » Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 12:48 PM UTC

Controversy on Vercel employee access to app data
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Re: Controversy on Vercel employee access to app data

#2

Post by NicoJuicy » Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 5:42 PM UTC

That's weird.

So 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.

Re: Controversy on Vercel employee access to app data

#3

Post by NicoJuicy » Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 8:58 AM UTC

NicoJuicy wrote: post #2

That's weird. So 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.

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?