Like, it’s such a punch in the face of the user when it’s hidden in the terms of service. It’s so scummy it hurts. I still can’t believe corporations are getting away with avoiding going through the legal system like that.

Here are the cons of an arbitration clause:

  1. You lose the right to class action lawsuits
  2. It’s less public than going through the legal system
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    Let’s say you’re some slob disputing a $65 charge or some shit and they are a multi-billion dollar corporation that does thousands of these a year. Even if you object to their pick, whomever you mutually decide to go with has a chance at repeat businesses with CorpoCorpInc, but very unlikely to have repeat business with you.

    Edit: I honestly don´t know anything about the details of arbitration, so if you’d like to tell me what safeguards are in place, I’m all ears.