• Bad_Ideas_In_Bulk@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Most products you buy these days have software in them. Anything more complex than a toaster. And some toasters.

    But they’re not magic, they’re contracts. Unless you show them to the other party and they agree they have no force. I never clicked “okay” on my bluetooth headset, my casio watch, or my Instant Pot.

    If I can use the TV without agreeing, I’m not bound by the contract.

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      6 days ago

      I never clicked “okay” on my bluetooth headset, my casio watch, or my Instant Pot.

      You’ve never noticed the little paper booklets in the box with all those products? Try reading one next time.

      If I can use the TV without agreeing

      You literally cannot, by definition, because using the product is the action that indicates your agreement to the EULA If your TV is displaying content on the screen, it’s because you completed the initial setup on first boot, which included clicking “Okay, I have read and accepted these terms”.

      I’m not bound by the contract

      You people honestly believe software licenses just don’t apply to you? This is sovereign citizen foolishness. This isn’t the loophole you think it its, but okay, go ahead and decompile and resell the source code for your TV.

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        5 days ago

        I’m not sure where you live, but a person has to accept a contract here, not just have it pitched in their direction with the hope they even read it.