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There's a recent South Park episode parodying the length and absurdity of Apple's EULA's and terms of agreement. The whole episode is great and does a pretty good job of goofing on Apple fanboyism.



"Due to copyright and other legal reasons, South Park video content cannot be viewed outside the United States."


Now add the fact that Richard Dreyfuss' fame and fortune comes mostly from the entertainment industry with its ridiculously restrictive licensing (which doesn't allow me to see his film work online, since I'm in a "wrong" country), and the irony comes full circle.

Personally, I'd rather click "Ok" on a absurd (and unread) EULA than to not have access to the product at all.


Your "no access to the product" of course includes a caveat, which is that you haven't paid for the product.

If you apply the same caveat to the EULA-bound Apple products, the net effect is the same: "no access to the product".

So no irony here, not even Alanis's flavor.


Which is exactly what the South Park episode parodies. Oh, the meta-irony!




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