How many of you read online agreements before pressing ok?

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

As always, the title lenght wouldn't let me ask my question in full size, but I hope that if you are already here is because you got the idea.
By reading the posts on BJ_M's thread: Microsoft's Music Subscription Service
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1319945#1319945

I had a thought... how many of us really do read the "online agreements" we're exposed on many websites, software boxes, services, etc etc?.
In Example:
"By clicking yes you agree to yada yada yada... continues until page 317"

Do you really read all the contract/agreement before you click yes?, or do you just blindly click without knowing what you agreed to?.


Most of the time I just click yes without even reading... I know it's a mistake, but I live in Ecuador, and most of the things in the contract does not apply to me (Even if they do, nobody enforces them here so it's practically the same).
Sometimes, but A VERY FEW times I try to read it, but I got bored quickly and tend to click ok anyways. Is that, or to be denied the use of what you're looking at the time.

What do you do?

[shelbyGT]

I just click Ok and be done with it. I'm usually not on the forefront of software, so by the time I get to it it's been out for awhile. I figure if there is some shady material in the agreement, I'd have heard about it before then.
But yeah, I could have sold my soul to Satan for all I know.

[waheed]

I also just mainly click ok. Most of the them are in small font and just too looooooooong to read.

[BJ_M]

i read them and send them over to my legal team first

[yoda313]

Hi,

I gloss over them. Occasionally I'll read a little more if its something I'll use a lot. Otherwise who cares???

Kevin

[pbhalerao]

I rarely read them.

[pbhalerao]

I live in India. The legal terms do apply but that is just theory ...

[reboot]

I have a program that sits in the system tray, and automatically answers YES/OK to every online quesion.

[waheed]

I have a program that sits in the system tray, and automatically answers YES/OK to every online quesion.

So if the online questions are like:

Can we pass your details onto third party companies for junk mail?

Your program would answer yes :P

[MeDiCo_BrUjO]

I have a program that sits in the system tray, and automatically answers YES/OK to every online quesion.

Q: Do you want to upgrade your free download to the full version for only $4999.95 ? Y or N

D'oh

[jackal70058]

Not normally.

I'm just ready to get to the installing part.

[lordsmurf]

I skim. Look for important stuff.

[Shadowmistress]

I normally will read the first sentence of each paragraph for good measure. Usually it's the same format from program to program or site to site so the rest of the paragraph can be skipped. Once in a while though I do catch a paragraph or two and think whoooaaah, what are these guys smoking? so it pays to be vigilant, even if it's just for amusement's sake.

[jimmalenko]

Every now and again.

If it's internet-based and my details are being kept / stored / sold or there's sensitive information involved, I always read them. If it's installing a program, then I blindly click through.

[hudsonf]

If it's online I'll skim through it. If it's software from major software companies I usually just click OK. I don't really understand legalese so I chose "I could be selling my soul to satan and I wouldn't know it... I just click ok!"

[ChrisX]

How many of you actually read online agreements before pressing ok?

Sometimes I do read and they're too long on terms and conditions too.

Once or twice I can remember printing them just to have a look as so long to read before pressing a button or a tick.

Some do put all sorts of things in the agreement as too much and unnecessary as if they’re thinking I am stupid.

Of course I know it is me on my computer equipment, the telephone line and Internet access are examples of ridiculous lines in the agreement before the ok.

They’re too long to read and some would take forever to understand too.

[stryker]

I have my kids look them over (while I enjoy a bowl of Coco-Puffs cereal). When they approve, that's when I'll hit the "okay" button.

For software, I don't bother. But for online services, I give it a quick scan before I continue.

[BJ_M]

i do check out how they use my email address or info for something i sign up for or my kids sign up for -- even if I am using throw away adresses

[AlecWest]

Most "online agreements" usually have one thing in common ... giving them the right to spam you. I own over a dozen domains. I simply create an email address for one of the domains, give them the newly created address and, if they start to spam me too much, I delete it and let them eat bounces.

[ChrisX]

Most "online agreements" usually have one thing in common ... giving them the right to spam you. I own over a dozen domains. I simply create an email address for one of the domains, give them the newly created address and, if they start to spam me too much, I delete it and let them eat bounces.

Me too, I just deleted three domain email addresses due to spams.

[guns1inger]

The original Kazaa software (the so-called legit version from Sharman Networks) included a EULA of over 20000 lines covering some 15 items of spyware. If you clicked OK, you agreed not only install and allow all these items to report back any information they gathered, but you also gave Sharman permission to use your PC and HDD space as they saw fit when connected to the network, and indemnified them against any legal action for any breach of copyright that may occur directly or indirectly through your machine because of the software. This included if your machine was simply used as an index point.

Part of their legal defense was that anyone who used their software was well warned by the EULA.

[pyscrow]

Such agreements are not legal in my country so I dont give a toss!

[AlecWest]

The original Kazaa software (the so-called legit version from Sharman Networks) included a EULA of over 20000 lines covering some 15 items of spyware.

It's been a while since I last used KLite but, before KLite, I seem to recall that someone had created a dummy DLL file to replace the one that controlled the spyware's access to the web. But, it's possible that Kazaa got wise to it and that's why KLite was necessary.

[Deku Scrub]

What's ironic is that I didn't even read through the entire poll before I clicked on my answer.

[adam]

For what its worth, both my contracts and sales professors in law school confessed that they never read online agreements.

[ChrisX]

Sometimes I do read and they're too long on terms and conditions too.

Once or twice I can remember printing them just to have a look as so long to read before pressing a button or a tick.

I just printed an updated service agreement from a domain register.

It is 20 pages long as so long to read and I don't have the time to have a look at it yet.

This is ridiculous.