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Side note, has anybody read the TOS at bloomberg? Along with getting violation notices? I MUST allow JS? https://imgur.com/a/hsTANvy https://imgur.com/a/hsTANv
by mbrumlow 8y ago
Side note, has anybody read the TOS at bloomberg? Along with getting violation notices? I MUST allow JS?
https://imgur.com/a/hsTANvy https://imgur.com/a/hsTANvy
Also, their entire TOS looks like one of those shrink wrap licenses. I feel like people really don't understand how the internet works, and in the long run they are simply going to break it if the law dictates what software I have to run or not run to view a website.
EDIT: Link to TOS: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/ https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
Really guys, this sort of stuff should not stand, the idea that they own the ability for you to link to their site is hideous. Even if they are "granting" that ability today allowing people to front like they have that power should be stopped. Otherwise next generations will just obey because "it's in the tos", "it's the law".
- apexalpha 8y agoIsn't the 'you need JS' in order to let the captcha work? I believe I have to whitelist certain scripts in uMatrix before those things work (or even appear!). edit: also the website just works for me even without scripts. I think your IP has triggered a flood warning leading the captcha and for that to work you need JS (which makes sense).
- mbrumlow 8y agoRegardless of why I was interrupted, the TOS is total crap.
- mrguyorama 8y agoAs they typically are. Hence why they so rarely actually get tested in a court of law
- mbrumlow 8y agoEven if it won't really hold up in a court of law I feel like the notion is to set some sort of precedence that gives it validity the logger it sits there unchecked. This is the sort of thing that shapes the next generations of judges, lawyers, juries and law makers. Over time sentiment will change and we will be stuck with "well it has always been this way right?".