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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by Sebguer on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:15PM (#25708974)
They don't need to change the rules. AWS can already terminate you at any point. In this case, they've very much not explicitly done that, and instead have given Parler warnings and clear requests to take specific actions to prevent their account from being terminated.

Parler has decided not to cooperate, and Amazon is taking the next step, which is terminating that relationship.

Amazon is a business, and can choose to do business with just about anyone they'd like, based on their stated terms. This isn't some weird turning point, and in fact, the email provided shows that Amazon isn't making this decision out of nowhere.

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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by ImprobableTruth on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:00AM (#25710388)
>They don't need to change the rules. AWS can already terminate you at any point

That is literally my point, the 'rules' don't matter. The post that I responded to claimed that somehow there was no slippery slope here because they have rules after all.

>Amazon is a business, and can choose to do business with just about anyone they'd like

Well, that's how it currently is, but this doesn't apply to all businesses. An electric provider can't just cut you off because they don't like you, maybe it'd be a good idea to implement something similar for services that provide equally critical digital infrastructure?

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