I remember in late 2003, when I read the legalese bumf that came with Windows XP… very long, and painful, drudgesome, cryptic, hiding “deal with the devil clauses” (they can change the agreement after you agree), and very restrictive.
Then I read the GNU GPL v1, and other Free Software licenses.
Never went back to the abuse of proprietary licensed operating systems.
The freedom, the upfront honesty, the brevity, the simplicity, … I thought for sure “The Year of the GNU+Linux Desktop” was sure to be the next year. … Everybody else reads the terms and conditions… right?
Most of the TOSes boil down to: “Don’t be a jerk towards us. Don’t be a jerk towards others. We don’t owe you the service. Sue us in California.” I usually skim the TOS to see if there’s something unusual.
Also Terms and Conditions.
My favourite is when the privacy policy is behind a “do you accept our privacy policy, yes or yes” popup
Yup.
I remember in late 2003, when I read the legalese bumf that came with Windows XP… very long, and painful, drudgesome, cryptic, hiding “deal with the devil clauses” (they can change the agreement after you agree), and very restrictive.
Then I read the GNU GPL v1, and other Free Software licenses.
Never went back to the abuse of proprietary licensed operating systems.
The freedom, the upfront honesty, the brevity, the simplicity, … I thought for sure “The Year of the GNU+Linux Desktop” was sure to be the next year. … Everybody else reads the terms and conditions… right?
Those arw like the best sites ever: https://www.tldrlegal.com/ https://tosdr.org/en I’il reae the summary and if i really feel like i’il read the whole shit
Idk about y’all but sometimes(actually, rarely, i do it more if i need it) i do read TOS/EULAs, depend how long and how much time i have though.
Most of the TOSes boil down to: “Don’t be a jerk towards us. Don’t be a jerk towards others. We don’t owe you the service. Sue us in California.” I usually skim the TOS to see if there’s something unusual.
As Louis Rossmann says, they have a rapist mentality