To prove a point about how few people actually read the “terms and conditions” when making a purchase online, British game retailer GameStation decided to play an April fools joke on its customers, tricking many of them into agreeing to hand over the rights to their soul.
The E.U.L.A., OR “End-user License Agreement” is even more nefarious than that, kids.
It is a legal agreement in which you agree that the application’s creator cannot be held liable for ANYTHING the installed application does to either you or the world, and it also usually indicates that, while you paid for it, you don’t actually “own” it, they’re just letting you “use” it for a while.
Basically, they’re telling you that you don’t “own” the candy bar, you’re just using it with their permission for a while and EVERYTHING that you do with it is still theirs, including the “poop” you produce…
I HATE Terms and Conditions, Mountains of eye glazing Lawyer Speak and the possibility of a Rumpelstiltskin Clause in there if you sign into the service without slogging through it. A most heinous trap.
BigBoy over 1 year ago
Isn’t there an app to read those yet ?
A Common 'tator over 1 year ago
It really happened…
To prove a point about how few people actually read the “terms and conditions” when making a purchase online, British game retailer GameStation decided to play an April fools joke on its customers, tricking many of them into agreeing to hand over the rights to their soul.
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JudasPeckerwood over 1 year ago
Surely our corporate overlords would never even dream of betraying our trust!
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
Azoogur is the lawyer for a lot of those tech companies.
skildude over 1 year ago
Huh? Mine has me pledging my soul to Ba’al.
pathamil over 1 year ago
I thought it was the god An-dar’oid…
mommavamp over 1 year ago
And this is why—at the very least——I always scan through, and stop to read where needed those Terms and Conditions.
wrloftis over 1 year ago
“There is no Dana, only Azoogur.”
davanden over 1 year ago
Sounds like a Doctor Who plot.
kartis over 1 year ago
That’s how they keep the backend systems working. Regular chicken sacrifices. Fortunately they are in the form of sandwiches.
ChukLitl Premium Member over 1 year ago
Agreement under duress is invalid. Trying to use a product, for which they’ve already taken my money, is duress.
Frank Burns Eats Worms over 1 year ago
If it’s not disclaimer, it’s dat claimer.
komix over 1 year ago
“Adhesion” contracts. They stick to you.
wellis1947 Premium Member over 1 year ago
The E.U.L.A., OR “End-user License Agreement” is even more nefarious than that, kids.
It is a legal agreement in which you agree that the application’s creator cannot be held liable for ANYTHING the installed application does to either you or the world, and it also usually indicates that, while you paid for it, you don’t actually “own” it, they’re just letting you “use” it for a while.
Basically, they’re telling you that you don’t “own” the candy bar, you’re just using it with their permission for a while and EVERYTHING that you do with it is still theirs, including the “poop” you produce…
ars731 over 1 year ago
Good thing I sold my soul to Nurgle an couple of years ago
norphos over 1 year ago
I HATE Terms and Conditions, Mountains of eye glazing Lawyer Speak and the possibility of a Rumpelstiltskin Clause in there if you sign into the service without slogging through it. A most heinous trap.