terrible advice that may be parody, but just in case you're being sincere: you cannot bank on a big corporation getting cold feet about legal action because legal action is as much about the message it sends to future opposition as it is about the individual action. For example, in the message received by the OP, LinkedIn refer to their legal action taken against HiQ. LinkedIn doesn't want to sue people but they would do it without a second thought if it was judged to be beneficial to them. The cost of being sued and losing and going bankrupt for the OP is huge, and while some people are willing to lose everything to take a principled stand, it's irresponsible to encourage it. If the OP wants to risk everything to stick it to LinkedIn, he should go for it, life is short, but if he's a pragmatic person concerned about his livelihood, he should rollover immediately and live to fight another day.
So, because you disagree that LinkedIn will pursue expensive litigation for no real benefit to them, you're dismissing everything? You're saying the OP should be afraid? Should spend a fortune on attorneys? Should not declare bankruptcy upon loss? I respect that you disagree. I do not respect your focus on a minor detail to dismiss everything.
A portion of your comment was aligned with my own view, sure, but I read the substance of your comment to be regarding the likelihood of LinkedIn following through on their threat and the correct course of action for the OP if that happens.
The OP should absolutely be very afraid because they’re posing a threat to LinkedIn’s hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue from a very vulnerable position. Bankruptcy is brutal and expensive, the OP’s focus should be on avoiding litigation no matter what: telling LinkedIn to suck it is not an option, and bankruptcy is not the “oops hehe bad roll I’ll try again” option you portray it to be.
