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Having flashbacks to the time where we had paid for a server and were paying for rack space for a customer and they were refusing to pay their bill. Our lawyers
by aidos 2y ago
Having flashbacks to the time where we had paid for a server and were paying for rack space for a customer and they were refusing to pay their bill. Our lawyers told us in no uncertain terms that turning off the server would be a terrible idea. “Obstruction of service” is the term that comes to mind.
- bitbasher 2y agoCloud squatting?
- psd1 2y agoNode eviction
- alpinisme 2y agoWhile the parent point about cloud providers having arrived at their policies thoughtfully, this particular issue is likely not part of the equation. There are plenty of services that run on a quota system (chat gpt, sentry, etc). There is a difference between shutting off a service the customer reasonably expected to be always on and shutting off a service when it reaches a threshold set by the customer as part of their purchase. The former is more like repossessing a physical good willy-nilly if the customer misses a payment or you find a check bounces…you can’t do that.
- fauigerzigerk 2y agoSurely it depends on the type of contract. Prepaid SIM cards stop working the second you run out of credit.