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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then they should state that in the Terms of Use, where they grant themselves permission to terminate if the "Account has been inactive for more than six months." (Or better yet, remove the clause entirely.)

An email claim that they won't enforce that clause does not make it okay.

[–] CataclysmZA 16 points 1 year ago

This is the basis of the ASUS warranty issues recently when they had exploding AM5 motherboards and vague text about EXPO support voiding warranty, painting themselves into a corner when they only had unsupported firmware that would technically void warranty.

It doesn't matter that the company says "Oh we won't enforce that rule" but they still keep the rule in place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Any service out there has the ability to delete your account whether that ability is outlined in some terms somewhere or not.

If you are truly afraid that a company will delete your account randomly, then I suggest only using services you have complete control over.