Companies are sure keen on making us give up our right to suit.

[Dark Jaguar]

http://consumerist.com/2012/08/microsoft...lause.html

It all comes down to a 2011 ruling. Somehow I think Scalloplia was involved. So the only court cases I can bring to MS are "small claims" related. In other words, if an update on Live bricks the whole console, or a flagrant case of negligence results in credit card information being stolen, there's really no major recourse, and "class action" suits (the only kind that actually would have an impact on a massive company like MS) just don't become possible.

Well folks, that's it then. Of course you don't HAVE to use MS's service, or Steam's, or AT&T's, or Verizon's, or your internet provider of record, or any of other countless companies currently jumping on the bandwagon. You COULD live as a hermit cut off from the digital age, THEN you're free.

[A Black Falcon]

Pleasant. :(

[Great Rumbler]

Thank you very much, Mr. Supreme Court, for protecting the rights of consumers.

[A Black Falcon]

But GR, companies are people too, and because they have more money of course they deserve more rights, right?

[Dark Jaguar]

The profit meter unlocks new rights at various milestones. To encourage meaningful choices, rights will now be selected from a tree at those milestones to differentiate different companies.

Apple gets software patent rights while Google gets public access rights.