OP having to consult a lawyer IS the problem...

Exactly. Adding punitive governance hurdles hinders the small and/or solo.

Those that do whist not seeking financial gain are impacted the most.

Regulatory capture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture

Australia is following suit with it's 'Social Media Minimum age bill' that will require ALL users to prove their age.

https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...

All place every experience in a category. One "man's" lethargy is another's strategy. Look and you see it. We all be it.

What is your point exactly?

It is a financial question... Which product makes most profit, in whole? Whole includes, in part, "The Commons".

Implant would be better. Harder to loose.

"Hook em while they are young" - George Carlin. Dogma.

Bell-size park.

10 mins does sound a little quick?

I can say from experiencing, 20 mins in the freezer for a bare 3.5 or 2.5 HDD would give about 5 mins of "quick, find important stuff" time...

>_last ditch method for pulling files off a dying HDD_ Before pulling it apart and and putting the platters in an identical donor drive. (Dam IBM DEATHSTAR drives back in the day!)

>I can say from experiencing, 20 mins in the freezer for a bare 3.5 or 2.5 HDD would give about 5 mins of "quick, find important stuff" time...

Well that's just pulled up a few traumas I'd forgot I'd buried. Gawd, that repeated "race against time" of that 5 minutes when it's working. Knowing that every time you do the freezer/recover cycle, it's closer to straight-up never working again.