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That has to be breach of contract. The guy was a paying customer and never missed a payment. I highly suspect this is caused by a bug.

RobGR 2y ago
If it was caused by a bug they wouldn't have told him "you have no future with oracle" and that he couldn't create a new account -- they would have just created a new account, apologized, and given him a few months credit.
- that_guy_iain 2y ago
  It on the Terms of Service, it said customers are only eligible to sign up once. Which sounds like something in the terms of service. They didn't say you're banned from using the service but instead said people are only eligible to sign up once.
  - ErikUden 2y ago
    Here's the interesting part: I have two Oracle Cloud accounts (one under a different name, basically made by a different person and I just manage it). That other account runs a Fediverse instance, basically a social network where images and posts are “federated”, which could practically mean ANY content, including the illegal kind. If that account was nuked for disobeying the terms of service, I would've somehow understood the reason. Most likely because some CSAM was uploaded which was federated to my / Oracle's servers. However, that server and account wasn't deleted. Only my account, which simply had a Nextcloud instance on it, was deleted in this strange way. Now, technically you could also host horrible stuff on Nextcloud, however I am VERY certain this isn't the case. Additionally, I think they'd need to tell me if that was the reason? Everything about this is so strange.
crote 2y ago
What are you going to do, sue Oracle?
- ErikUden 2y ago
  You'd have to be a madman.
- Marsymars 2y ago
  Small claims court is, in many jurisdictions, quite friendly to small claimants suing large corporations for legitimate grievances. Procedurally they don’t reward having expensive legal teams, so all that having an expensive legal team does is cost you more in billable hours.
  - that_guy_iain 2y ago
    I don't think most people realise that small claims is kinda designed to allow the little guy to sue the big guy.

RobGR 2y ago

If it was caused by a bug they wouldn't have told him "you have no future with oracle" and that he couldn't create a new account -- they would have just created a new account, apologized, and given him a few months credit.

that_guy_iain 2y ago
It on the Terms of Service, it said customers are only eligible to sign up once. Which sounds like something in the terms of service. They didn't say you're banned from using the service but instead said people are only eligible to sign up once.
- ErikUden 2y ago
  Here's the interesting part: I have two Oracle Cloud accounts (one under a different name, basically made by a different person and I just manage it). That other account runs a Fediverse instance, basically a social network where images and posts are “federated”, which could practically mean ANY content, including the illegal kind. If that account was nuked for disobeying the terms of service, I would've somehow understood the reason. Most likely because some CSAM was uploaded which was federated to my / Oracle's servers. However, that server and account wasn't deleted. Only my account, which simply had a Nextcloud instance on it, was deleted in this strange way. Now, technically you could also host horrible stuff on Nextcloud, however I am VERY certain this isn't the case. Additionally, I think they'd need to tell me if that was the reason? Everything about this is so strange.

crote 2y ago

What are you going to do, sue Oracle?

ErikUden 2y ago
You'd have to be a madman.
Marsymars 2y ago
Small claims court is, in many jurisdictions, quite friendly to small claimants suing large corporations for legitimate grievances. Procedurally they don’t reward having expensive legal teams, so all that having an expensive legal team does is cost you more in billable hours.
- that_guy_iain 2y ago
  I don't think most people realise that small claims is kinda designed to allow the little guy to sue the big guy.