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		ginto on May 25, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PyPI Was Subpoenaed Charging goes well for many online services. Hosted email, hosted VPS, and hosted SaaS are some that come to mind. Apple Store and Google Play charge to host mobile games.

chatmasta on May 25, 2023 | [–]

And the feds can subpoena all those services and their payment providers for logs including IP address that made the transaction.

mort96 on May 25, 2023 | [–]

Notably, none of your examples include the central distribution service which underpins a whole FOSS ecosystem.

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