[tracerbulletx]

There really needs to be some more legal precedent around this stuff. In the commercial real estate leasing industry there are legal commitments and a framework of legal understanding to protect business owners or at least provide predictability. That needs to be applied to leasing computing resources given how much business flows through the internet now.

[cavisne]

The frameworks largely exist, the above situation is like if you rented an office building and then started running an unlicensed side business out of it. It’s just a lot rarer (cloud computing has a much lower cost of entry then a commercial lease).

[nonrandomstring]

I agree. But I can't imagine what that would look like. Arbitrary discontinuation of service is a tangible harm. But how could one possibly compel a provider to do otherwise?

You'd have to do something like construe the provision of service as an implied contract to continuity in the same way that T&Cs assert that usage of a system implies acceptance of some rules.

[warbeforepeace]

The big thing is not to use your cloud account for random other shit. Don't want it to get suspended for something else.