{"id":49012252,"user":"InsideOutSanta","time":1784748948,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Trade-ins are voluntary.","comments":[{"id":49012411,"user":"efficax","time":1784749668,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

so are buybacks. you choose to sign the contract. there's no way they didn't have an escape clause, although likely it meant not using the cloud provider anymore","comments":[{"id":49012939,"user":"InsideOutSanta","time":1784752017,"time_ago":"7 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

> so are buybacks. you choose to sign the contract

Right, so they're not voluntary.","comments":[{"id":49013145,"user":"anomaly_","time":1784752969,"time_ago":"7 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Literally what? Do you understand what is being proposed?","comments":[{"id":49013317,"user":"InsideOutSanta","time":1784753828,"time_ago":"7 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

Yes. "You choose to sign the contract" is not a reasonable argument, for two reasons:

1. There is one supplier, so you have no choice.\n2. Even if you had a choice to sign the contract, this still means that it's not the same as a trade-in, because trade-ins are always voluntary, but once you have signed the contract, a right of first refusal is not.

In general, the "you chose to sign the contract" argument is a poor justification for bad contracts. If the contract is bad, it is bad regardless of whether you chose to sign it.","comments":[{"id":49014186,"user":"efficax","time":1784758465,"time_ago":"5 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"

there are lots of cloud suppliers besides whichever big name cloud this is, you can even find other cloud providers in seattle","comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":4,"url":"item?id=49014186"}],"comments_count":1,"level":3,"url":"item?id=49013317"}],"comments_count":2,"level":2,"url":"item?id=49013145"}],"comments_count":3,"level":1,"url":"item?id=49012939"}],"comments_count":4,"level":0,"url":"item?id=49012411"},{"id":49012384,"time":1784749535,"time_ago":"8 hours ago","type":"comment","content":"[deleted]","deleted":true,"comments":[],"comments_count":0,"level":0,"url":"item?id=49012384"}],"comments_count":6,"url":"item?id=49012252"}

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