what commercial customers is a KVR-shop competing with ? 'only' other online retailers... I'm not sure how much of their revenue is attributable to advertising from such retailers, or by any other indirect route - but I suspect KVR know the figures. Seems to me that most of their advertising comes from developers etc.Michael L wrote:It's a risky business decision to compete with your commercial customers (especially after they helped build your business), and it's also risky to convert social media accounts into commercial accounts without user permission or even an opt-in. If no such stakeholders were consulted at all in the lead-up to this, I don't see how it's an example of good business ethics or creating kvr as a 'safe space.'
also, they haven't converted social media accounts into commercial accounts - at least not in any real practical terms. Sure, your forum account will log you in to the shop - it seems. But until you actually use your forum account to buy something from the KVR-shop (and thus link your personal banking/payment details to your forum name), I don't think you are any worse off in terms of security or privacy.
if you feel strongly about it, create another account just for using the KVR-shop.