It might not have been a deliberate "trap", but the timing is very suspicious. Even if Totlol wasn't the primary reason they changed the terms, they should have notified him of the change since they were actively communicating with him at the time. No, they weren't legally obligated to, but not doing so is getting rather close to the evil line.
Isn't the simpler explanation just that the people communicating with totlol weren't the same ones responsible for the TOS change and that no one thought to connect the dots? It's not like google is a hive mind.
Why invoke conspiracy when mere inaction is a better explanation?
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It might not have been a deliberate "trap", but the timing is very suspicious. Even if Totlol wasn't the primary reason they changed the terms, they should have notified him of the change since they were actively communicating with him at the time. No, they weren't legally obligated to, but not doing so is getting rather close to the evil line.
Isn't the simpler explanation just that the people communicating with totlol weren't the same ones responsible for the TOS change and that no one thought to connect the dots? It's not like google is a hive mind.
Why invoke conspiracy when mere inaction is a better explanation?