Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ...
by wing-_-nuts on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:39AM
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Slightly OT, but I've always taken a dim view of this sort of thing for consumers because the parties are never at equal parity, either in ability to understand the legalese they're agreeing to, or the ability to seek alternatives.
Legal contracts for consumers should be written at whatever the prevailing reading level is, and the government should step in the more monopolistic position a company is in.
It infuriates me to no end how preferential government is towards corporations vs individuals.
Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ...
by timeinput on Thursday April 16, 2026 @01:06PM
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Give me all your data and money plzthx
Dictated but not read,
big company
Alternatively (in emoji description form):
floppy disk, bar chart, right arrow, brain, money with wings, pointing finger, slightly smiling face
Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ...
by sdevonoes on Thursday April 16, 2026 @09:57AM
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So if their TOS say they can also rape my cat, then I cannot do anything about it, right? Ridiculous
Re:€54k spike in 13h from unrestricted Firebase browser key ...
by jubilanti on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:05AM
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In jurisdictions where beastiality is legal, then yes, from the libertarian perspective, that's all freedom of contract, baby. I'm not defending either beastiality or libertarianism, but the logic is that you don't want the government deciding what two private entities can and can't freely agree to.
We're pretty far from the Lochner era in the US, where even minimum wage laws were held to be unconstitutional violations of a very broad view of freedom to contract. But it is still a principle in most legal system.
Because that's somehow normal in today's tech world.