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Most people definitely do not read click-through EULAs in a business context any more than in their ordinary life. When Jira or AWS or whoever send updated policies to businesses on their public plans, almost nobody pays attention. The likelihood of being fired for this behavior surely approaches zero.

"Real" contracts are another matter entirely.




And this is where the problem lies. It may be high times to see if EULAs are contracts or not. It would certainly clear some things up really fast. It is not impossible that this case may actually force this clarification.


>It may be high times to see if EULAs are contracts or not.

Abso.fucking.lutely. I believe the state of technology has progressed to the point that EULA are just weasel words. People view them as necessary evils that don't really impact their lives (or, rather, shouldn't) but companies treat them like legal documents.

A court needs to settle this.




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