How many of you actually read the Terms of Use/Service?

[11clock]

How many of you actually read those paragraphs before signing up or activating something?

[stick d00d]

Lol I never do, by habit... just seems it's all a bunch of unimportant crap to me..

[JninjaJ]

I don't read them because im a fearless bastard

[T-Rok]

I'll skim the top and bottom, and read the middle. The middle is where they hide all the important stuff due to people assuming all they need to know is at the beginning and the end.

[11clock]

Sometimes the Terms of Use/Service can be ridiculous. Apple's terms are over 50 pages and Xbox LIVE's terms take literally 5 minutes of scrolling to get to the bottom. I myself never bother reading them, most of the time because I don't feel like it and that a lot of the stuff is common sense.

[ARTgames]

I do not read that small novel they put in my installers/ sign ups. On most pieces of software I would spend more time reading it then ever using the service its self.

[Snakeman]

It's simple corporate shenanigans. They write !@#$ing college essays about their products and I bet you they sneak in little "read the fine print" bits right in the middle of it all, so when people whine about something, they can pull the "its on the terms you agreed to lol get out" card.

That being said I bet 0 people here have read any ToSes in their lifetime, so that's just another tactic companies pull to throw down some curveballs if the situation requires them.

Also, nah I haven't read any myself.

[ARTgames]

There are limitations to what they can do regardless of what they say in there some times. No one is going to consult there lawyer for installing Flash on there pc just to understand the tos. :P Yes that was a bit of an overexaggeration.

But its a lie to say I have never red any tos. I have red Stick Online's. :D

[T-Rok]

It's simple corporate shenanigans. They write !@#$ing college essays about their products and I bet you they sneak in little "read the fine print" bits right in the middle of it all, so when people whine about something, they can pull the "its on the terms you agreed to lol get out" card.

That being said I bet 0 people here have read any ToSes in their lifetime, so that's just another tactic companies pull to throw down some curveballs if the situation requires them.

Also, nah I haven't read any myself.

While now I do what I said previously, I have fully read the Mcafee, Virtual Clone Drive, Playstation Network, and iTunes ToS'

[DarkTrinity]

It depends, if it's for something I'm not familiar with or seems sketchy, I'll read the ToS. But usually, I won't.
I've read the ToS for Lunia and DeviantArt. Mainly because people fk up so bad on DA and don't know the definition of art theft, it's a good thing to read...

[EpicPhailure]

I skip the forum registration ToS's. They're all pretty much the same thing, regardless of what provider.

[Mystery]

Am I the only one who actually takes time to read everything in the ToSs I need to agree to, just for the sake of being thorough and having less of a chance of being surprised by any 'immediate service modifications' or unexpected issues? >_>

[Forum]

I always always always read the Terms of agreement. Am i the only one who takes the time to read them? I love staying on the video games and i like reading so there you have it. *sarcastic*

[11clock]

Am I the only one who actually takes time to read everything in the ToSs I need to agree to, just for the sake of being thorough and having less of a chance of being surprised by any 'immediate service modifications' or unexpected issues? >_>

Apparently.

[Scotty]

For software and such, I typically won't bother, as it is quite a bit to read through, and requires comprehension of a rather extreme legal vocabulary.  There are however other agreements outside of software ToS's that I read at least two times over.  Things like leases or employment agreements, mostly because I've had threats of law suits over them.  Hell, I've even paid for legal assistance with understanding an employment agreement, mostly because $500 dollars spent on understanding what I can and cannot do is much better than $40k in court and lawyer fees had I not done the former.