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[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)
[–] Digit@piefed.social 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

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?

[–] TheLazyNerd@europe.pub 1 points 1 hour ago

I read the terms and Conditions for Windows 10. It was clear that the person who wrote that had neither understanding of writing Terms and Conditions nor understanding of software. It was only later that I realized most laws are also written by people that neither know how to write laws nor understand the topic that law applies to.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

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.

[–] lena@gregtech.eu 7 points 1 day ago

As Louis Rossmann says, they have a rapist mentality

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