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Once one company gets away with it, the rest follow.
wonder what awful shit they're about to be outed for doing to have randomly added this clause
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2024
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Not that I know anything about this company but like most companies I've seen do this, you can opt-out of arbitration and these other surrendering of rights. I just did a quick google search for "displate.com opt-out" and it was the first hit:
"THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE CONTAIN A BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSE, A CLASS ACTION WAIVER AND JURY TRIAL WAIVER CLAUSE THAT IMPACT YOUR RIGHTS IN RESPECT OF HOW TO RESOLVE DISPUTES. UNLESS YOU OPT OUT OF THE AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE WITHIN 30 DAYS:"
It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard'.
I don't have the OP's original source code, but I'm betting the "here" hyperlink leads right to the page I posted. So probably not quite hidden, but "you have to click on the one thing we're give you to click on to have more information"
I was just quoting the Hitchhiker's Guide.
Sure, you can technically opt out, but Displate is counting on users glossing over the possibility until they have a reason to want to opt out at which point it will be too late (i.e. they want to sue or take them to small claims court or whatever).
I was just quoting the Hitchhiker’s Guide.
First, keep doing that.
but Displate is counting on users glossing over the possibility until they have a reason to want to opt out at which point it will be too late
Of course they are, but there are options (not quite hidden) for users to combat this by opting out. The vast majority of people won't read it, and won't opt out.
I really would like laws that prevent this type of language though. That's about the extent of my knowledge on the subject. So long, and thanks for all the fish.
I have a personal rule, nothing that advertises to me via ads or YouTube/Twitch sponsors is ever going to be worth a purchase. So far it tracks.
Here's my personal rule: any product / company heavy-handed enough to get past my strict ad filtering online, or advertises enough offline to get on my radar immediately goes into my never-buy list.
Example of that: NordVPN and Brilliant. They managed to bribe so many of the Youtubers I watch - who otherwise produce good, honest content - into shilling their shit that they will never get a dime from me. They might have if they hadn't invaded so much of Youtube, but now they won't.
I get so pissed off when one of the YouTubers I follow starts shilling for some bs subscription service that I have to play a few hours of Raid: Shadow Legends to calm down.
Shout-out to that time Nerdcubed actually played RAID: Shadow Legends and after he found the button to have the game play itself he started audibly playing and listing off genuinely good phone games while RAID just kept doing the same monotonous thing for the last 10 minutes or so of the video
Seems like this kind of bullshit needs to be removed just like the NDA bullshit that got fixed.
There's a ton of stolen art on displate anyway
Damn it I actually liked Displate.
Why have arbitration clauses become the new default shitty thing for companies to do?