[tyree732]

Any business that would be running on linode could be worth potentially far more than that. What your saying here is that no one should put anything of value into a VPS, which I imagine is not something linode itself would say.

[_Lemon_]

That's not quite what I'm trying to stay.

OP's expectation was that Linode should have unlimited liability where no guarantee on their part has been made. If you expect Linode to take on the risk then you would want (and probably need) that in writing.

Otherwise, you take on the risk: which would be true wherever you hosted it without any guarantees regardless of whether it's a VPS, dedicated server, or your basement.