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Originally Posted by Exer
Now 66 pages might not be the exact same thing as a 1 sentence dialog, but for all the people yelling "just read it", I guess its pretty much the same difference.
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I disagree. There's a huge difference between reading a 66 page contract and a couple of sentences of information about what you're doing on your computer.
I do skim the contract, but don't fully read it. But it's a
contract and not an operator's manual. I skim and agree so I can use the program, although I know I
should read all of it. In that case, if I agree to something I didn't mean too, my bad.
But when any kind of warning or (!) pops up, then it's mean to be read,
right then and
there. And if you don't understand what you're doing, or what it's asking, then don't do it until you do or are willing to experiment and crap out.
There's a whole world of difference there. And for the warning, "Just read it" is the bare minimum of work a program user should be able to do. If you can't do that, you don't have much excuse to complain.
And seriously, no backups of important data is just asking for trouble. And in that case it's
certain to find you. Nothing in electronics is forever.