term limits

I got an iPod Touch at work today, which was certainly an unexpected bonus. The first thing it wanted me to do was hook it to my desktop machine and update its software. That meant downloading and running iTunes. And that, since I never had iTunes on my workstation before, meant greeting a faceful of Terms of Service agreements preceded by the predictable directive that I must either agree to all of them or return my iPod to the store.

I expect that. What I didn't expect was how many agreements Apple required:

iPod Software License Agreement	9,700 words
Apple Privacy Policy	2,500 words
iTunes Store, App Store, and iBookstore Terms of Sale	1,000 words
iTunes Store Terms and Conditions	4,300 words
App Store and iBookstore Terms and Conditions	6,500 words
Apple Copyright Policy	200 words
Google Maps/Google Earth Terms of Service	1,400 words
Legal Notices for Google Maps/Google Earth and Google Maps/Google Earth APIs	2,500 words
Google Terms of Service	4,200 words
Google Privacy Policy	1,700 words
YouTube Terms of Service	0 additional words (duplicated in the iPod TOS)
YouTube Privacy Notice	1,400 words
YouTube Community Guidelines	700 words

Grand total: approximately thirty-six thousand words. All so I can play Fruit Ninja. Really, Apple? Isn't that a bit much?