Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills

Re:Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills by sota4077 on Sunday June 11, 2023 @07:54AM (#36280529)

Renegotiating contracts isn’t an abnormal thing. I’ve seen it 1000 times in the industry I work in. But just refusing to pay your existing bills is someone only a real prick does. You do this in the construction industry and you will be blackballed so hard.

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Re:Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills by newswasboring on Sunday June 11, 2023 @07:56AM (#36280540)

I think twitter can do it because its big enough. I am guessing big companies in all industries can do this, whether they do probably is more based on who is leading the company.

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Re:Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills by krisoft on Sunday June 11, 2023 @08:17AM (#36280670)

> I think twitter can do it because its big enough.

This depends on what you mean by "it". If you mean "refuse to pay bill" then everyone can do that, no matter for how small or big. If you mean "refuse to pay the bill and get away with it" we are yet to see if that is the case with twitter even. Sure, their account was not terminated immediately. But that doesn't mean there are no adverse consequences which can catch up with them eventually.

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Re:Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills by MandieD on Sunday June 11, 2023 @08:17AM (#36280674)

"You do this in the construction industry and you will be blackballed so hard."

Unless you're a certain native of Queens best known for a job he hasn't quite accepted losing...

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Re:Twitter is refusing to pay its Google Cloud bills by sillicontech on Sunday June 11, 2023 @07:56AM (#36280539)

So what do you think is the solution to this?

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