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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by gruez on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:59PM (#27665216)
So let's say I have a startup that uses 10 different SaaS providers. Suppose I decided one day to randomly pick one SaaS provider and stop using them. That sounds "inconsistent or unfair or otherwise flawed" to me. Would that get me in trouble?
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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by ineedasername on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:30PM (#27665701)
Depends on the terms of the contract. Contracts must be executed in good faith. That is the law. If you with your SaaS vendors or Amazon with its Flex workers isn't conforming to that part of the law then there is the potential for legal liability.
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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by FredPret on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:52PM (#27668677)
What if paragraph 144 (a) (iii) subsection b of the contract explicitly states that the employee ahem contractor has a 0-day notice period?
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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by mister_tee on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:27PM (#27665662)
Not the same thing as contracting employees, especially in the eyes of the government.

Plus cancellation terms are likely codified in terms of the license agreement.

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Re:Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention... by mensetmanusman on Monday June 28, 2021 @05:07PM (#27668138)
People aren’t software.
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