alt Hacker News> 4. Customer found that the account was apparently unused and empty
Empty does not equate to unused. This was their old account that they definitely used.
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nekusar • today at 3:52 PM
They were underage when they made the account. That's a whole different and big fucking deal. Means any TOS and contracts and shit are basically null and void.
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He said in the article that he guessed maybe he used a different account.
This is a lot more believable (esp since he said it) than a conspiracy that PB deleted all photos and built this whole system just to steal $5 a pop -- especially considering how few people must be trying to get back into their 2-decade-old PB accounts in 2026. Hardly seems worth the effort for a scam.