⚠️ Blacklist, Fraudsters, and Scam Protection
The 3D printing and subscription space has plenty of scammers, fly-by-night services, and toxic platforms. To protect our community and explain why HeheSTL runs under its own strict rules, we keep this open blacklist.
🏴 Service Blacklist (Scam and Abuse)
These platforms deceive users, abuse bans, or change rules on the fly. We strongly recommend not working with them.
- @paidsubbot (paidsub.io): Banned us after a year of work for using their name and logo in our bot, citing “copyright infringement.” They change rules whenever they like and use fake strikes for unfair bans.
- @donate: Operate from the same office as PaidSub. Use the same dirty schemes with bans based on fake copyright complaints.
- paywall.pw: Extremely toxic administration. Ban authors for any minor complaint. Highly unreliable service.
- @TributeCreatorBot: Outright scam. Provide no real services.
- @Pay3Ds_bot: Fraudsters. Sell access to models they have absolutely no rights to (even within the pirate community this is plain theft of other people’s dumps).
- “Exclusive” fly-by-night subscriptions: Dozens of channels that promise “exclusives” but in reality just scrape open sources or steal files from other group buys (GB). Zero original content.
🏴 User Blacklist (Chargeback Fraudsters)
These people commit chargeback fraud: buy a subscription, download the library, then reverse the payment through their bank. Access to our ecosystem is permanently closed to them.
- Ashley Hartshorne (
ashleyhartshorne@gmail.com) - Daniil Zemlyanov (
danyazemlyanoff@gmail.com) cardenasgarrido33@gmail.com- Artem Gnedykh (
@Skeipik,gnedykh.a@mail.ru)
⚖️ Comparison: HeheSTL vs Typical Competitors
| Criterion | Typical “Exclusive” Channel | HeheSTL Platform |
|---|---|---|
| Content volume | Tiny (e.g. 20–30 models) | Huge library (thousands of models) |
| Originality | Stolen public dumps and group-buy leaks | Structured, carefully curated libraries |
| Navigation | File dump, impossible to find anything | Full catalog with tags and search |
| Rules | Change on the fly, admin is always right | Clear, transparent, and the same for everyone |
| Support | Ignored or instantly banned for asking | Reasonable help (with an active subscription) |
| Bans | Ban with no reason or explanation | Ban only for real rule violations |