Can any person selling a product essentially make unilateral decisions with respect to usage of the product in question?
Its very curious. I'm reminded of about 6 years back when I sent an email to Randall Stephenson (AT&T CEO) asking why they feel they can charge extra for tethering after selling "unlimited data." I included a parable, naturally, describing a baker who sells you bread, with a license agreement stating you can only eat the bread by itself. If you want to make yourself a sandwich you need to pay an extra 16% fee when you buy the bread to be able to use it for any derivative product, such as sandwiches or bread pudding, or croutons, or anything beyond raw bread.
This is nonsense. I own the things I buy and even if the law tells me otherwise, I will never accept these insane premises.
Its very curious. I'm reminded of about 6 years back when I sent an email to Randall Stephenson (AT&T CEO) asking why they feel they can charge extra for tethering after selling "unlimited data." I included a parable, naturally, describing a baker who sells you bread, with a license agreement stating you can only eat the bread by itself. If you want to make yourself a sandwich you need to pay an extra 16% fee when you buy the bread to be able to use it for any derivative product, such as sandwiches or bread pudding, or croutons, or anything beyond raw bread.
This is nonsense. I own the things I buy and even if the law tells me otherwise, I will never accept these insane premises.