Me. And, I believe, the vast majority of other humans who have given it any thought.
> They don't? Why not?
If you feel that way, you must also believe I have the right to display whatever I want on your devices. Which you naturally agree I do, right? I hope you like very early morning disco...
> it seems obvious that they can say "in exchange for sending you this video you must watch the ads".
People can say whatever they like. Like, I can say "for reading these words, the person behind the insanitybit account owes me $20."
Tell me, just how obligated do you feel to pay that?
If I don't want to view this post I can close the window. I'm on HN, a site with an existing ToS. If HN decided to put ads on display and say "if you want to read you have to abide by a ToS that ensures you don't block our ads" obviously that would be legal.
“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”
“That’s the display department.”
“With a flashlight.”
“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”
“So had the stairs.”
“But look, you found the [ToS], didn’t you?”
“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”
- Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (slightly modified by me).
Equivocating sending a GET request with signing/agreeing to a 100 page contract of legalese is about as ridiculous a proposition as the quote I posted depicts, if not more.
Me. And, I believe, the vast majority of other humans who have given it any thought.
> They don't? Why not?
If you feel that way, you must also believe I have the right to display whatever I want on your devices. Which you naturally agree I do, right? I hope you like very early morning disco...
> it seems obvious that they can say "in exchange for sending you this video you must watch the ads".
People can say whatever they like. Like, I can say "for reading these words, the person behind the insanitybit account owes me $20."
Tell me, just how obligated do you feel to pay that?