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That's probably the correct interpretation of the law, but the issue here isn't the law itself, but the cost to enforce it. There's no general precedent in US courts around these kinds of TOS contracts, so the matter would need to go trial, which would be very expensive. The vast majority of transactions with these kinds of terms are relatively small, a few hundred dollars at most, so it doesn't make sense to even retain a lawyer to threaten legal action.


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