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Or, rather than creating more regulations, people could read the contracts they agree to when they get service, and use a competitor if they don't like it
by throwawaaarrgh 3y ago
Or, rather than creating more regulations, people could read the contracts they agree to when they get service, and use a competitor if they don't like it
- baq 3y agoYeah exactly why we need regulation - so contracts aren’t 100 pages long. DRY.
- anomaly_ 3y agoSo, go to a different provider?
- baq 3y agoMore like don't start a business at all because of provider risk.
- immibis 3y agoOr use a provider with a predictable cost structure. There are PLENTY. You didn't need to choose this exact one.
- carlmr 3y agoThe problem is that it isn't entirely clear which ones have predictable cost to the non-lawyers eye. I.e. they should have to have sane defaults, like reasonable spending limits and opt-out, by regulation, since the market is failing here.
- immibis 3y agoIt was clear though. Does Netlify not tell you their bandwidth pricing?
- malka 3y agoI don't know many people knowledgeable enough to read and understand legalese. Except lawyers ofc.
- bigfudge 3y agoThere is such a thing as an unfair contract. Moreover, there are business practices that can become a local maxima in an industry and squeeze out competition which would actually be a net benefit to most consumers. Mobile roaming was the same before the EU intervened, and were now going back to the shitshow tjat preceded it in the uk.