• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    It actually does have legal precident. You know how you can’t read or accept the EULA for software until after you purchase it?

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      They get away with stuff like that when they have sold you a “license” to their software, rather than something you gave actually purchased outright. It is argued that a license is a an agreement to access a software product, rather than ownership of it, and putting an EULA in between your license purchase or changing it later doesn’t affect your purchase because you continue to hold the license even if you choose not to agree to the terms necessary to use it. It’s a bit different for a physical item that you have actual ownership over, not a license to use it (pending agreement).

      I also find all of that to be loophole bullshit that should be fixed, but that’s a separate issue.