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by throwaway_USD 2191 days ago
>The idea that there is a 'meeting of the minds' when I click through an installation dialog or website privacy policy

This is a fantastic point with respect to these online agreements because of analytics. Just as you say, someone clicks through these installation/website signup screens, click agree, etc... It is very easy to prove an agreement would take a minimum of x minutes to read through, yet these tech companies would have knowledge the user spent 1-2 seconds on the contract page/dialog box before clicking agree, therefore, they had knowledge the user did not and could not have read the same before agreeing.