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Yes, that's perfectly possible, of course. Companies hate such ideas because they can have legal standing under certain circumstances and in certain legislation
by 13415 8y ago
Yes, that's perfectly possible, of course. Companies hate such ideas because they can have legal standing under certain circumstances and in certain legislations, or at least have a potential to create some problems.
You could also print out EULAs and ToS, modify them as you think is reasonable, and send the modified version back by snail mail as a contract suggestion with a short note stating that you find the original version unacceptable for various reasons and have made these suggestions for alterations. If enough people would do that - a few thousand might suffice - many currently ridiculous and frivolous EULAs would probably be changed very soon.
- seandougall 8y agoDepends on how badly the company needs your individual business, and/or how much you want their services, since they're under no obligation to accept or even review your proposed amendments. I suspect very few companies would have an incentive to take them seriously. We get fairly routine requests from state universities and similar institutions who want us to fill out various forms, agree to supplemental terms, or alter our EULA for their special cases. Labor and legal costs would mean we'd lose money on lots of those sales, so we just respond with a blanket "sorry, we can't do that, good luck to ya" type message. The customer is then free to go about their lives without our software, or (more often) find some way to agree to the EULA as-is after all.
- freen 8y agoAnd websites are free to refuse to serve me if they don’t accept MY terms. It goes both ways.