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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m pretty sure both parties must agree to the terms before they legally bind anyone so wouldn’t this just apply to logged in users?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Accessing the website is often viewed as accepting the terms, so that wouldn't hold up. Not that they'd have a legal standpoint on the issue.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Accessing the website is often viewed as accepting the terms

The scraping bot can't read the terms

But even if it could, it wouldn't give a damn :-)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By reading this message you agree to my terms that I'm really cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lol and you username

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

How do you read the terms without accessing their website?