Comment by tgsovlerkhgsel

The law does contain a bit more specific definitions but not much, it's very much open to interpretation, but that's what judges are for.

It does create uncertainty, and sometimes clauses get declared invalid years later and customers get bitten by statutes of limitations if they didn't sue themselves, but these cases are also really expensive for the companies so it's in their interest to not get too creative.

In practice, it seems to work really well. I'm always astonished how much more on edge I have to be in other countries when agreeing to anything. In Germany, most of the "legal scams" (e.g. subscriptions hidden in fine print) don't exist, or are really easy to get out of.