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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by belorn on Friday January 29, 2021 @05:22AM (#25955891)
Paying for hosting and signing contracts won't behold any company either, because any hosting company will have terms in their service contract that give them the right to discontinue the service at their discretion. A lot of people on HN also argue that companies has a right to decide which customers they want to have an association with, and thus there is no legal or moral requirement to continue hosting customer, regardless if payment is involved.
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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by wvenable on Friday January 29, 2021 @11:29AM (#25959056)
As a paying customer, you can negotiate whatever terms you want. They will want the ability to discontinue your service and you will conversely want that ability as well. However you can negotiate the exact terms as well as any notice periods, etc.

You have no consideration relationship with Facebook. You haven't entered into a contract. You are just filling out forms on a website.

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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by oarsinsync on Friday January 29, 2021 @01:11PM (#25960399)
> As a paying customer, you can negotiate whatever terms you want. They will want the ability to discontinue your service and you will conversely want that ability as well. However you can negotiate the exact terms as well as any notice periods, etc.

Theoretically, yes.

In reality, I’m too small an account to warrant anything besides boilerplate. The big boys may be able to negotiate. I cannot.

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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by wvenable on Friday January 29, 2021 @05:37PM (#25963679)
I've negotiated contracts for a single server at a data center. You don't have to be huge to have some negotiating power.

Now it's possible you are so extremely deplorable that nobody is willing to take your money but I think that is society functioning as it should. People are still willing to put up with a lot when money is involved.

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Re:Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop ... by oarsinsync on Saturday January 30, 2021 @01:39AM (#25966830)
If I was so extremely deplorable, more people would give me their money enabling me to increase my bargaining position. Alas, I’m just a regular boring schmuck.
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