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EULAs are bullshit and should be thrown out in their entirety.
A product does not get to say how much you own it.
I agree with you for the most part but I think that products that also require services represent a special case. Does buying a TV mean I have the right to take it apart, repair it, customize it with my own firmware, all of that sort of thing? Absolutely. Does it entitle me to access to the manufacturer's web services for the lifetime of the TV? If we say yes I think we're gonna see a lot fewer services with these TVs. If I were in charge I'd be tempted to force manufacturers and customers to come to an entirely separate agreement for the service and the product that uses it, but I'm sure that has downsides I haven't explored too.
TOS is not a EULA.
Good!