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using tos to neutralize consumer protection laws definitely sounds like an unsustainable practice. avoid clicking and set up a class action, the rquirement to
by rolph 3y ago
using tos to neutralize consumer protection laws definitely sounds like an unsustainable practice.
avoid clicking and set up a class action, the rquirement to agree to new tos is damaging, and loss of access to property unless accepting a damaging tos is also damaging.
this also undermines the rule of law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_protection_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_protection_law
- Buttons840 3y agoToS should be considered in antitrust as well. In a world where antitrust was enforced we'd hear arguments like "this is a 100 billion dollar industry, but there are zero companies that allow customers to keep their <freedom / right to sue / right to keep data private / etc>". When an entire industry adopts the same ToS and customers are unhappy about it, clearly there is a lack of healthy competition.