The “I agree” button with which users blindly surrender privacy, freedom, and ownership in exchange for access.
A legal trick that would never hold up in the real world — no one signs a 40-page contract without reading it.
Online, it has become the most normal thing in the world.
See also → Convenience · Thesis 3
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