You appear to have inferred a moral conclusion that wasn’t in the post as I read it.

That said, there is a history of rural areas cutting off their nose to spite their face then taking a bailout later.

See the soybean situation.

It’s hypocrisy and in a social system such as ours, they’re not as strictly isolated as the corporate and state propaganda they consume lead them to believe.

>That said, there is a history of rural areas cutting off their nose to spite their face then taking a bailout later.

This is why I think these rural voters should be forced to pay for their bailouts, even if it means seizing their property and evicting them into homelessness. They voted for these stupid policies, so they should be forced to live with the consequences of their votes.

If I host a Quake 3 server I’m in violation of the TOS.

It can be argued that using a browser or any other client violates that language by sending responses to requests.

The ISP won’t do squat if it’s encrypted; they have no idea who is being connected to and what’s being sent.

A TOS is as broad and vague as they can make it. A good lawyer could undermine such language if it went to court.

Ultimately the TOS exists so the provider can discontinue your service, so it doesn't have to be super tight legally.