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stymaaryesterday at 7:14 PM1 replyview on HN

That's not how ToS work though. ToS are contracts. If you don't sign the contract nobody can sue you for violating it.

> No different from "if I roll a car down a hill and it hits something at the bottom, how can you hold the car liable?"

That's the difference between criminal and civil justice. You don't need to sign a law for it to bind you, but for contracts you do.


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nkozyrayesterday at 7:51 PM

> If you don't sign the contract nobody can sue you for violating it.

But terms of service are contracts which you sign by agreeing.

Courts have looked somewhat favorably on "I didn't read that" defenses, but accepting the agreement is a legal contract between you and the service provider.

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