Why would you sign it if you didn't intend to "happily comply"? Do you often walk into contract negotiations with little intention of holding up your end of the deal?
I have never read any terms of service ever, nor I am a lawyer to understand the ramifications of it. Do you have a lawyer on retainer to read all the TOS you ever signed?
Your hypothetical deal with Apple will get thrown out of court for two reasons:
- It's lop-sided, as in they get something for nothing, comparatively speaking. Courts don't see such contracts to be valid.
- It's understood that users mostly don't read ToS, and instead rely on their general understanding of what ToS may contain, plus or minus some deviation. Anything that's way outside reasonable deviations fails the "meeting of the minds" test, and is also held invalid.
The shareholder agreement is a different matter. The investor most certainly is expected to read the agreement, and they do. And both parties are exchanging plausibly valuable things - stock for money.
I'm not a lawyer, this is not a legal advice. Seek professional advice before taking any action based on what you read.
Do you have a lawyer on retainer to read all the TOS you ever signed?
A click-through TOS? No, duh; you knew that when you asked it. But a shareholder's agreement that I put pen to paper for my signature, which is the topic at hand? Umm, the answer to that one would be "yes".