inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoNintendo is Trying to Stop You From Filing Lawsuits Against Them With New EULA Amendmentinsider-gaming.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squaregradual@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days agoJust so ya’ll know, EULAs are routinely thrown out of court. They straight up don’t matter, and anything that is extremely long and asks you to ‘agree’ to it is subject to the same scrutiny. All of the times we clicked agree without reading actually helped us, because now courts can say “nobody reads that stuff before hitting accept.”
minus-squareEtterra@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThey’re basically there to reduce lawsuits, not prevent them.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThe EU has said that EULAs have zero basics in law and we can ignore them.
minus-squarej0ester@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoUS will say, “give us money Nintendo. We got your back.”
Just so ya’ll know, EULAs are routinely thrown out of court.
They straight up don’t matter, and anything that is extremely long and asks you to ‘agree’ to it is subject to the same scrutiny.
All of the times we clicked agree without reading actually helped us, because now courts can say “nobody reads that stuff before hitting accept.”
They’re basically there to reduce lawsuits, not prevent them.
The EU has said that EULAs have zero basics in law and we can ignore them.
US will say, “give us money Nintendo. We got your back.”