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 (DIR) Post #B2UxIW5W7HNH7MDO3E by fluffy
       2026-01-21T04:23:02.160718Z
       
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       @cjd what if there was a $10000 fine every time someone agrees to an internet policy without reading it
       
 (DIR) Post #B2V5xl6G0SajBNjo9Y by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
       2026-01-21T06:00:06.044982Z
       
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       I think I would not move to your country because those policies are obscenely huge and I want to do things other than constantly reading.I actually prefer more regulation on what you are allowed to "casually" offer as an agreement (policy, EULA, etc) with the general public, so that people can feel safer NOT reading those.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2V7GYe8dGxA0z75t2 by fluffy
       2026-01-21T06:14:43.934580Z
       
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       @cjd they are big because nobody minds
       
 (DIR) Post #B2VE1vbfgTJqYmvlNw by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
       2026-01-21T07:30:29.269583Z
       
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       Yeah but you can't change peoples' fundamental instincts.There's a reason why it's illegal to write indentured servitude contracts, because people would just sign them. Hell, the closest thing to indentured servitude is student debt and people sign that all of the time.But at least there's a certain amount of artificially induced seriousness to the ritual of signing such a thing.In theory, you could create an online university and "pre-approve" everyone to do student debt, and then make a $100,000 loan agreement a click-through on your website. BUT, a judge will almost certainly not accept the legitimacy of such a contract and might call you a scam artist.Actually the biggest risk to all of these online "I read and understand the terms" things is that judges might decide that a Reasonable Person does not actually read them - because most people don't read them - and so this is not a legally binding contract because to be legal, parties must understand what they're signing.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Vz4IAxRI3kyw44f2 by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
       2026-01-21T16:17:32.877516Z
       
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       @cjd @fluffy yeah, those documents are just lawyers looking out for each other, it serves no actual purpose.If you put such a fine and actually enforces it, people will just not go online.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2VzBR6gdErkhyTQ0W by fluffy
       2026-01-21T16:18:52.665638Z
       
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       @shironeko @cjd i think that the best way to make the legal agreements dial back is to have the people signing them push back
       
 (DIR) Post #B2WERaRBCvb9amDadc by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
       2026-01-21T19:09:49.221854Z
       
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       This is SUCH an American perspective.> This thing that is kind of dumb and shitty, lets make it WAY WORSE so that then People Will Wake Up and resist it and then it will go away.Americans do this shit over and over, and people never actually "wake up" and "resist it". Instead everything just keeps getting worse and worse and nobody seems to have the slightest inclination to actually make anything better for themselves.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2WOk8EdHpFNASpaYC by fluffy
       2026-01-21T21:05:16.398888Z
       
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       @cjd @shironeko it's just the ordinary system building thought process. if you want people to buy corn, lower the price. if you want to lower driving speeds, apply a penalty.in this case: if you want to see less legal spam, fine people who do it. what is uniquely american about it? i think you are somewhat pessimistic here, incentive system design does work.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2WfidNQEIemOToWPo by shironeko@fedi.tesaguri.club
       2026-01-22T00:15:27.623964Z
       
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       @fluffy @cjd fighting paperwork with more paperwork is certainly a choice. You could just have the court throw out bullshit shrink wrap licenses, reduce paperwork.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Wl10ufxbDaNEx3Hk by fluffy
       2026-01-22T01:14:50.111004Z
       
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       @shironeko @cjd imagine how funny it will be when some boomer gets slapped with a massive fee because they signed 10 million legal contracts just to like a trump video
       
 (DIR) Post #B2XNgwmhUt8hzQdxhY by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
       2026-01-22T08:28:10.336776Z
       
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       > if you want to see less legal spam, fine people who do it.No, that would be regulation of the businesses who create these things, that's European.American is you don't regulate the businesses at all, instead when some random individual (or their 9 year old kid) clicks "Accept" you send a SWAT team to their house for the lulz.