To: Political Junkie Too
These days, I don't consider reading EULA's as "things you sign" because I already purchased it before being able to access the EULA.
Let's acknowledge that EULA's are just another form of "opt out" rather than an "opt in." Most people will not purchase a piece of software and then decline the install after reading the EULA, and then return the software to the place of purchase. In fact, some retailers may not accept the return if the shrink-wrap is removed, which is necessary to read the EULA in the first place.
With digital downloads, it may be a few days between downloading and installing, which may result in exceeding the few minutes of return policy. That doesn't hold legal penalty with Apple's iPhone's EULA. You can't start using the iPhone until you agree. If you don't, you pack it back up and return it. No foul. Same for the upgrades of Apple's iOS or macOS. You can't install it until you agree. If you don't, you revert to the old version. No foul, no cost.
40 posted on
12/27/2017 4:22:08 PM PST by
Swordmaker
(My pistol self-identifies as an iPad, so you must accept it in gun-free zones, you racist, bigot!)
To: Swordmaker
Yes, I know.
My tongue is firmly planted in cheek. What about yours?
We must be living in different realities, mine where average every-day consumers can't be expected to focus on such things while working multiple Obamacare-forced jobs to replace the 40-hour workweek, and yours where you read the tags on Christmas-gifted pillows before sleeping on them, while trying to decide whether to install latest version of software or go back to Bed, Bath and Beyond to return the offending linens.
-PJ
41 posted on
12/27/2017 4:30:29 PM PST by
Political Junkie Too
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