Comment by array_key_first
8 hours ago
I'm sure their contract explicitly states that their account can be suspended or terminated immediately without prior notice upon violating some TOS. And, most TOS are incredibly wide and vague, it wouldn't necessarily be hard to find something they violated.
This is sort of the problem with these new-age internet companies. The contracts are incredibly hostile. Most TOS you see amount to "you have no rights and we can fuck you up the ass"
Google is a B2C company so I'm sure some of that culture transfers over to B2B relations, but I'm speculating. Maybe the contracts are more normal for B2B.
If Railway's account was suspended due to an error, not a TOS violation, I doubt they'll pull such a card. If Google were sued, such a blatant lie would be found in discovery pretty quickly and I doubt a court would look upon it favourably. They'd also be starting a public PR battle that they'd almost certainly lose (assuming there was indeed no real TOS violation) which would make them look completely untrustworthy. So I doubt Google will do that.
bastawhiz is probably right in that Google will offer some credits and an apology, and Railway will reduce their dependence (probably), rather than a lawsuit. And I doubt Railway wants to be on the bad side of one of the few big cloud providers. But I'd be surprised if Railway didn't have a good argument to make for compensation or a lawsuit.
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