"Banning users" (not sure exactly what you mean by that) is one thing, but disabling an app that someone has already paid for? I don't think Microsoft or Oracle would do that. I think they'd be leaving themselves open to lawsuits. They can refuse to do any future business with anyone they want, but once a customer has purchased a product or service, they can't just renege on the contract.
On Dec 7, 4:43 pm, Joel Witherspoon <joel.withersp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Dec 7, 7:50 pm, David <dfket...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If that's your attitude towards your customers, I don't think I'd ever > > > buy one of your apps. Seems like you're holding your customers > > > hostage. Even Microsoft doesn't treat its customers like that. Might > > > even be illegal, depending on the licensing agreement. In any case, it > > > seems very unethical to me. > > Microsoft and Oracle do ban users, even after they have paid. It's the > right of business to refuse service and it's completely legal and ethical. > Think about it this way: if you had a coffee shop and some jerk-ass walked > by your shop and poked his head in the door and yelled "THIS PLACE SUCKS!" > with your potential customers and actual customers present, you would want > to hit that mofo with banhammer a.s.a.p. before some damage gets done to > your business. > > It's the same in John's case. He probably doesn't have the > time/money/patience/inclination to suffer fools that just negatively post. > I think it's a gentle reminder to these dunces that some parts of the web > will remain civilized. > > To John: BAN ON! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to android-discuss@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
