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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Let's not call disabling the right to sue a "business risk". That's like calling the right to stop paying for the service a "risk" - it's riskdiculous.

[–] Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

By "business risk", they just mean bad for the business, ethics aside

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Let's not call disabling the right to sue a "business risk".

...and why not?

That's like calling the right to stop paying for the service a "risk"

But...that's what it is? I promise if they could remove that risk with a few words in the TOS, and it was legal, they'd all be doing that too.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

The right to take legal action for harm done is imperative. It's importance is diminished if conflated with a legitimate business risk (like research and development). It should be illegal to deny it.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago

I agree. But we weren't discussing hypotheticals, we were discussing reality.