▲ 189 ▼ VPS provider Vultr Claims Rights to Sell Your Data & Programs (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago* by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Many are, but as far as I know, no hosting provider has ever tried something like what was claimed (which is why it made such news). It seems like many people didn't even verify that portion of ToS was new (checking web archive), or wait for Vultr's response before closing their accounts. Even after the official response, it feels like people stuck to their original assumptions and felt justified moving services? Companies, and specifically the people in them, make mistakes. What matters is their reaction. I'm scratching my head to think what Vultr could do better in this case (other than creating a time machine to avoid the initial screw up). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) _ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago What response are you expecting, exactly? There's lots of competition out there and data privacy is an extremely sensitive topic. It's not the kind of mistake you can recover from. They screwed up, they lost customers, end of story. Also personally I don't believe for a second that it was a mistake. The hell it was. Any lawyer worth their salt would have pointed out the issue right away. Either they wrote it without a lawyer or they wrote it on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 4 points 2 years ago I’m scratching my head to think what Vultr could do better in this case There was substantial room for improvement in the way they spoke publicly about this issue. See my comment above. permalink fedilink source parent [–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago In the EU, it sort of isn't. Takes a long time to write a proper response for all the GDPR stuff. The responses surprisingly don't change all that much whether or not I do, so I might as well save me the trouble. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) Many are, but as far as I know, no hosting provider has ever tried something like what was claimed (which is why it made such news). It seems like many people didn't even verify that portion of ToS was new (checking web archive), or wait for Vultr's response before closing their accounts. Even after the official response, it feels like people stuck to their original assumptions and felt justified moving services? Companies, and specifically the people in them, make mistakes. What matters is their reaction. I'm scratching my head to think what Vultr could do better in this case (other than creating a time machine to avoid the initial screw up). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) _ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago What response are you expecting, exactly? There's lots of competition out there and data privacy is an extremely sensitive topic. It's not the kind of mistake you can recover from. They screwed up, they lost customers, end of story. Also personally I don't believe for a second that it was a mistake. The hell it was. Any lawyer worth their salt would have pointed out the issue right away. Either they wrote it without a lawyer or they wrote it on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 4 points 2 years ago I’m scratching my head to think what Vultr could do better in this case There was substantial room for improvement in the way they spoke publicly about this issue. See my comment above. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] helenslunch@feddit.nl 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) _ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago What response are you expecting, exactly? There's lots of competition out there and data privacy is an extremely sensitive topic. It's not the kind of mistake you can recover from. They screwed up, they lost customers, end of story. Also personally I don't believe for a second that it was a mistake. The hell it was. Any lawyer worth their salt would have pointed out the issue right away. Either they wrote it without a lawyer or they wrote it on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArmoredCavalry@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) _ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago What response are you expecting, exactly? There's lots of competition out there and data privacy is an extremely sensitive topic. It's not the kind of mistake you can recover from. They screwed up, they lost customers, end of story. Also personally I don't believe for a second that it was a mistake. The hell it was. Any lawyer worth their salt would have pointed out the issue right away. Either they wrote it without a lawyer or they wrote it on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago What response are you expecting, exactly? There's lots of competition out there and data privacy is an extremely sensitive topic. It's not the kind of mistake you can recover from. They screwed up, they lost customers, end of story. Also personally I don't believe for a second that it was a mistake. The hell it was. Any lawyer worth their salt would have pointed out the issue right away. Either they wrote it without a lawyer or they wrote it on purpose. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ubergeek77@lemmy.ubergeek77.chat 4 points 2 years ago I’m scratching my head to think what Vultr could do better in this case There was substantial room for improvement in the way they spoke publicly about this issue. See my comment above. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] okamiueru@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago In the EU, it sort of isn't. Takes a long time to write a proper response for all the GDPR stuff. The responses surprisingly don't change all that much whether or not I do, so I might as well save me the trouble. permalink fedilink source parent