The thing nobody seems to be talking about is 'why do we need all these complex Terms & Conditions anyway?' If I buy a fridge I don't need to read and agree to

The thing nobody seems to be talking about is 'why do we need all these complex Terms & Conditions anyway?' If I buy a fridge I don't need to read and agree to reams of T's and C's before I can use it. The same with a toaster or an oven or a washing machine. If I buy a knife I don't have to agree to indemnify the manufacturer if I kill someone with it. What's so special about software? I'm starting to think that there should be an agreed set of national (or maybe even international) software indemnifacations covering anything that is agreed to be considered a sensible exclusion. Any software use could then be covered by the relevant law with no need to read a new set of terms for everything. Any company trying to add their own terms on top of these could then be considered with much caution or suspicion. Hopefully they would be written better than this was, but I hope I have got my point across.