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Visualizing the Length of the Fine Print, for 14 Popular Apps (and books) (lemmy.ml)

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Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/terms-of-service-visualizing-the-length-of-internet-agreements/

Terms of Service: The Length of Common Digital Contracts Do you take the time to read the terms of service before you agree to when downloading the latest app or software?

Of course you do…

The world is awash with apps and internet services that ask potential users to agree to a service agreement. Most people click on ‘agree’ and move on, knowing that reading the service agreements could put them to sleep and defer their favorite internet fix.

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[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Wonder what Linux's look like

[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

The GPLv2 comes to about 2500 words, which puts it at about 10 minutes read time according to this infographic.

[–] usrtrv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago

That only applies if you modify/distribute it. That doesn't apply to a user. I guess comparing the length of a company's employee handbook would be a fair comparison to the GPLv2.