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It's different when you're a corporation that makes $300 million annually, plasters the service all over ads and commercials, and buries the "as-is" in however
by bmitc 3y ago
It's different when you're a corporation that makes $300 million annually, plasters the service all over ads and commercials, and buries the "as-is" in however many pages of terms and conditions that constantly update, all the while making money off of the "customer".
- pixl97 3y agoNo it is not. Print a map on a piece of paper. You follow it off a cliff. In what world is that the map makers fault?
- bmitc 3y agoThat isn't what happened.
- Bjartr 3y agoMorally yes, but not legally.
- bmitc 3y agoI'm not sure. The analogy was downloading any old open source software with the as-is disclaimer vs Google saying their map system gives you live, up to date, directions and maps but then buries in terms and conditions a claim that they're not responsible. If Google marketed Maps as "for information only", then that would be different.
- shadowgovt 3y agoI mean, it's point 3 in the terms of service. The bold text is Actual Conditions; Assumption of Risk. I don't think we can call that "buried" unless we're operating under the legal theory that nobody is held accountable to terms and conditions at all anymore.