Never ever...ever...never...never ever ever....

[RockMyAmadeus]

It may be a violation of the UA, but it isn't theft. At least not in a legal sense.

Just because a large company makes you agree to something, doenst make it law. There are tons of eulas that make things sound illegal to make whomever you are dealing with more money.

Whether or not it is legally, prosecutable theft is not the issue. I'm quite sure it's not.

 

But if a person agrees to the terms of service of a company they do business with...and they do, by virtue of that use....then violating those terms of service...that the person agreed to as a condition of use....is a breach of contract. Violating those terms to cheat said company out of legitimately earned fees is theft.

 

[sckao]

 

I don't know why people are saying you can't use Credit Cards with Personal Payments. Of course you can... (at least for payments within the US.)

 

An option to absorb the fee (or pass it on) will then come up. (So it's no longer free.)

 

 

 

 

[The Less Blob]

ok, "fee-free" personal payments are what we're talking about

[The Less Blob]

stop calling people socialists and stop [incorrectly] throwing around terms like "theft" and people may stop responding to you. while you may intend to use it colloquially, it does have a legal meaning.

 

 

[RockMyAmadeus]

stop calling people socialists and stop [incorrectly] throwing around terms like "theft" and people may stop responding to you. while you may intend to use it colloquially, it does have a legal meaning.

 

 

When you take something that doesn't rightfully belong to you (whether in a legal or moral sense), what is that called?

 

Oh right. Theft.

 

When others decide how much money an independent entity is and is not allowed to make, what is that called?

 

Oh right. Socialism.

 

 

By the wording of your first sentence above, I HAVE to keep calling people socialists and thieves if I want a response, right....?

 

 

And, in the context of this discussion, I don't give a rusty rat's arse if the word "theft" has a legal meaning or not. In the context of this discussion, that is. (Have to make that clear.) The "legal meaning" is not the manner in which I chose to use it, and thus has no direct relevance to THIS discussion in THIS context.