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I don't think giving refunds to consumers who lost important data is really fair. It's like my insurance going like "oops sorry to hear about that fire, here's
by wkat4242 2y ago
I don't think giving refunds to consumers who lost important data is really fair.
It's like my insurance going like "oops sorry to hear about that fire, here's your premiums refunded, bye now"
- fxtentacle 2y agoThe original article says that they provided refunds in addition to the regular fees. So then it would be akin to your insurance refunding the premiums AND paying you some extra, which is kinda what I would expect an insurance to do. That said, we are talking about consumers here who rented a bare-metal or VPS server, where back-ups are typically not included. AWS will also not refund you anything for data on the locally-attached SSD with EC2.
- rad_gruchalski 2y agoNo, it’s not the same. When you go for hosting and don’t do backups, the hosting company doesn’t offer you an insurance against data loss. Now, you could get one yourself. However, good luck with your premiums when the insurance company finds out that you didn’t have backups. What’s the bottom line here? You’re responsible for your backups.