In many ways, corporations have more power than local governments as well as more citizen interaction.
People use Google countless times per day for a plethora of purposes, many of which are smoothly functioning and immensely powerful tools which are given freely.
How many times do you interact with your city, state, or federal government per day? What about per decade?
Of course they do, this is a meaningless libertarian platitude. There are kinds of force beyond a gun to your head, and most of them are far more effective and commonly used.
For the millionth time, an EULA is not a contract. A business can try to force a contract of adhesion on you (that is, a contract you do not have the opportunity to negotiate, but until the elements of a contract are satisfied, it's just one party blowing hot air at the other.
Even if there was a contract involved, clauses of the contract can be judged to be unconscionable if they are obviously trying to take advantage of the other party in an unusual or misleading way, or if they try to extend the scope of the contract.
> Companies have to operate within the parameters of the law.
Tell that to Uber. Or AirBnB. Both of which violate the law, working to overturn the laws, or entice their users to ignore legally binding obligations. These are flagrant disregards for the legal ramifications.
And they aren't he only two. There are many companies out there who break the law. See Volkswagen and the emissions debacle they find themselves in.
History is rife with companies breaking the law. Just look at Apple. Microsoft. Google. All these companies have broken the law. And in each case, they've fought against what they think is wrong.
Do companies have to operate within the parameters of the law?
