The Negative Consequences from Clicking on “I Agree”- Understanding App, Social Media, and AI Terms of Service
Over at Purism, Rex M. Lee writes about click-through licensing:
We all have clicked on “I Agree” without reading the fine print when it comes to the collective terms of service that support operating systems, apps, social media platforms, and AI products such as ChatGPT, but do we really understand the negative consequences from clicking on “I Agree”?
Before consumers of technology can understand the terms of service they are accepting when they click on “I Agree”, it is important for the consumer to understand that Alphabet (Google), Apple, and Microsoft are in the “Information Trafficking Industry”.
The information trafficking industry is centered on the collection of highly confidential personal, business, medical, legal, employment, and location information from operating system (OS), application (app), social media, artificial intelligence (AI), and internet end users, you for example.
Google, Apple, and Microsoft are the gate keepers to the internet meaning that they control access to global internet trade and commerce through their dominance over the OS, App, social media, and AI markets.