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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world -4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Do you think TOS should be enforceable?

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 10 points 9 hours ago

I don't have a general opinion, but given that youtube used to be an entirely free service that people put videos on with no expectation of being paid, and then google bought it, made it an effective monopoly, and have slowly turned it into the monetisation monster it is today, I don't think anyone owes them anything.

Also you have the right to control what content appears on your device. You are under no obligation to watch an advert just because a megacorp says so. By putting something on the internet (without a login or pay wall) they are making it freely available for anyone to download. That's how the internet works (for now!)

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

No, if you need to so far as to have a complicated ToS, then it should be a proper contract complete with signatures on actual paper. Same for any amendments with the option to stay on the original agreement at the time of sale.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I agree that it should be more like a proper contract and that people should understand it. It’s absurd that we have this structure where it’s implied you read even a single word of a TOS.

People should be attacking things like this. Not just boasting on social media about clients that hack YouTube.