Still use Plebbit at times, found this nugget, makes me think of how much weird shit corporations do for the sake of money, and just wondering if governments should regulate things like this.

posted 1 year ago by redman012 1 year ago by redman012 +10 / -0

Uber 40% discount not actually being 40% and instead being some weird BS of 40% that’s in the TOS.

Should Terms of Service/EULAs/etc be able to be that way where they can hide a bunch of shit like this in the first place or no? Also should the government have the ability to regulate that corporations not do this in the first place. /r/AssholeDesign is an interesting subreddit to me because of how shitty corporations are, but because the only way to stop corporations is using the power of the government for the most part, what can we do?

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– AntonioOfVenice 13 points 1 year ago +14 / -1

Should Terms of Service/EULAs/etc be able to be that way where they can hide a bunch of shit like this in the first place or no? Also should the government have the ability to regulate that corporations not do this in the first place.

Should government have the power to prevent corporations from screwing over consumers?

Why, yes. It's not even a question for me. It's bad to be dogmatic about it and say that gubbermint is always bad or that it's always good. It's good when it's doing good, and it's bad when it's doing bad. Seems common sense.

because the only way to stop corporations is using the power of the government for the most part, what can we do?

In theory, you can get the indolent masses to not consoom the product until the company mends its ways. Unfortunately, that simply doesn't happen. It's a "BUILD YOUR OWN INTERNET" kind of thing, held out as a theoretical possibility to prevent action that would actually be effective.

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