• CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    4 days ago

    So someone else bought the drives at a higher price.

    So they could have been advised that the drives were being sold at auction and given the opportunity to download the data.

    I would say they should not be selling someone else’s data at auction, but then again, that’s how Google, Microsoft, Meta, and others operate.

    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      4 days ago

      Exactly. The right and responsible thing to do is give users access to their data: give notice, offer a competitor’s similar service or offer to sell the drives to them.

      But reaponsibility is a high ask. Just start the bancrupcy procedure, sell everything off and be done with it is what most folks do.

      The possibilities are there, but most won’t follow through.