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How does that logic not apply to paid business? Why would payment change anything? With the right ToS, AWS could suddenly decide to charge $1/MB of outbound dat
by matt4077 9y ago
How does that logic not apply to paid business? Why would payment change anything? With the right ToS, AWS could suddenly decide to charge $1/MB of outbound data. Want to see your data again? Pay up!
There's nothing special about payment that makes such tactics impossible. Only their reputation keeps most companies from doing something like that.
You can have a completely valid contractual relationship between two parties even if one side doesn't pay the other. In the real world, you can even acquire certain rights based on someone letting you do something long enough. Always walked through the neighbour's garden to get to your car faster? Some legal systems will consider this an established right after some time.
- brogrammernot 9y agoWith the right TOS and no contract in place a business can raise prices at any times. Can you provide any examples of real life cases where something like walking through your neighbor'a garden became an established right? I'd be interested to see as that just feels like a hyperbole to me.
- QuinnyPig 9y agoIt’s called an easement. Real estate law is complex.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> Can you provide any examples of real life cases where something like walking through your neighbor'a garden became an established right? If you want lots of example, Google “prescriptive easement cases”.
- brogrammernot 9y agoThis is fascinating. Thank you!