onerous user agreements theme

also known as: confusing license agreements

When purchasing purchasing and services customers are sometimes asked to sign or tacitly agree to lengthy licensing agreements that few of us will read carefully. We are made to contemplate this situation and ponder whether and to what extent we should accept the practice as a social good.

Examples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-user_license_agreement

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blackmirror6x01 choice Joan turned to her lawyer for satisfaction after Streamberry started broadcasting her life in realtime. It turned out she had, in fact, signed away her right to privacy in a lengthy user agreement no normal person would read before clicking through.
futurama6x25 major Mom prosecuted the Professor for violating Bender's licensing agreement.