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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by pnw_hazor on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:15AM (#20827411)
The claim could be something related to interfering with their business.

"GOOG agreed to provide my company a service that we have reasonably relied on"..."GOOG struck my app for no cause causing my business damage..." and so on.

Though, in-real-life, people who use google services have probably agreed to terms to bar any such claim.

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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by nso on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:51AM (#20827583)
In many countries a ToS is not legally binding, as its not considered a legal contract.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by astura on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:38AM (#20828564)
...but its entirely legal (and reasonable) for a business to stop doing business with an entity simply because they feel like it. No matter if they entity was relying on the service or not. It happens all the time.
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Re:Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-s... by zaarn on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:55AM (#20828657)
Except contracts may state otherwise and a court might decide that the "I no longer want to do business" clause is invalid or not applicable. And except in my countries you certainly can't just stop doing business with someone, including a few European ones. Double if the other end is a private customer.
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