Tech Post #9

South Park Scares You Into Reading Apple’s Terms And Conditions

I found this article on Tech Crunch, and it was about a recent episode of South Park. This article talks about how when you download a new version of iTunes, you have to agree to the terms of service. Most people just scroll to the bottom and click agree because who wants to read a document that is at least 50 pages in length. In the South Park episode, it shows an extreme (non-plausible) situation that occurred when one of the characters didn't read the terms of service. Although the show was just poking fun at this topic, I feel as if it made a good point. I know that there are many people who don't read the terms of service that pop up when you are trying to download something because I am one of those people. I know the situation in the show couldn't occur but who knows what you could be agreeing to when we don't read the terms of service before we agree to them. I feel as if this could effect today's society because even though the show was poking fun at the outrageous lengths of terms of service documents and what could happen when you don't read them, it still proved a good point and could make people think twice about clicking agree without reading what they are agreeing to. I also feel that this show and other shows could raise awareness, in a sense, about changes we need to make in our lives that revolve around technology.
Here is the link for the whole article: http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/28/south-park-scares-you-into-reading-apples-terms-and-conditions/