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Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by brewmarche on Friday November 15, 2019 @03:20AM (#21543198)
German electricity and phone companies can definitely cut you off for not paying. Don't know about water, but I imagine it's similar.

What they can't do is deny you a contract in the first place. (Kontrahierungszwang – obligation to contract, concerns the local water company, the biggest local electricity provider and Deutsche Telekom)

Re:PayPal stops payouts to models on Pornhub by em-bee on Friday November 15, 2019 @09:57AM (#21545276)
i seem to remember a lawsuit some years ago that made cutting off services less straightforward, but you make a good point, the key is that they can't deny you a contract