my title, which I got from a mastodon post, is editorialized, but not sensationalized. it puts together two very critical components of what McDonalds is doing

my title, which I got from a mastodon post, is editorialized, but not sensationalized. it puts together two very critical components of what McDonalds is doing, which otherwise are both widely publicized but not directly connected. McDonalds is making it possible for people to get free food, at least one day of the week, for the rest of the year, by downloading an app and clicking a checkbox. And the purpose of clicking that checkbox is very prominently about waiving one's right to sue in court. if you go to McDonald's site right now without any pre-existing cookies at https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/deals.html https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/deals.html , you get this banner: > Our Terms and Conditions have changed. Please take a moment to review the new McDonald’s Terms and Conditions by clicking on the link. These include a binding arbitration provision and waiver of your right to a trial in court, including your right to a jury trial, as well as updates to the arbitration and dispute resolution process. By continuing to use our website, you are indicating that you have reviewed and agree to these Terms and Conditions including the binding arbitration provision. You are also indicating that you understand that you are agreeing to a legally binding contract and intend to do so. They are very prominently noting the "right to trial in court" being waived; they refer to it three times in a five-sentence paragraph. This is on a fast food website where people are buying burgers and fries, is someone's "right to a jury trial" usually a thing in someone's mind when they go to a fast food chain to download an app and get fun prizes and stuff? It seems to be for McDonalds itself. Then they try to claim that clicking this banner is a legally binding contract, even though it has no idea what my name or address is; which is ludicrous for a website. But for the app, and by the time you're getting your free food, it's likely a little more well thought out. It seems extremely obvious that McDonalds is trying to get as many of their customers as possible to click this button and reduce the number of people with the right to sue them in court. The "free french fries" thing is unusually generous, which means clicking this button is worth a lot of money for them. None of this seems "sensationalist" to me. It seems perfectly clear and obvious once the two pieces are put together. Hence I put these pieces together in my headline and a lot of other people have gotten it now too.