Comment by MockObject
5 years ago
> Because of UCC, if I give away a product for free, I have to support it through its commercial life. So if I hand out knives, for free, and they explode after 20 years, I must still support it. Even if they come with a form that users have to click that says “I will not sue PrependCo if these free knives explode.”
Why does the UCC covers free knives, but not paid Google services?
Because Google One, for example, is a service governed by a contract which details performance expectations.
So the UCC is only the default, which covers goods/services without their own custom contracts?
All products have a warranty of merchantability defined by UCC. Basically goods need to be average/expected quality.
With services it’s a little different because there is no average unless the contract is missing performance terms. If you agree to a term of performance, then that is the obligation.