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We need to have some regulation for such behavior where, if a provider can arbitrarily suspend an account without any recourse, they can’t charge any money to a
by n_ary 3y ago
We need to have some regulation for such behavior where, if a provider can arbitrarily suspend an account without any recourse, they can’t charge any money to any customer. If they try to weasel away by hiding the fine print “please don’t use our service for critical activities..”, then they must not have any kind of premium model or must compensate the person affected if can be proven with 100-200x of 10 years worth of what the customer pays monthly.
However, with the tech wild west, anything goes and I’ll continue to be pipe dreaming.
- plagiarist 3y agoI'd like it to not be arbitrary and have an appeal process, but that can still completely wreck someone financially if they needed the tool in the short term. The real solution is we need to stop accepting permanent rentals for tools. Paying for software needs to mean a permanent copy I can run locally, or I don't pay. Creating a file needs to mean I can export an open format, or I don't build with it.
- grassmudhorse 3y agoMainly agree, but defining "open format" seems problematic, and isn't always practical if you have some feature that the competition doesn't have