the.com/disclaimer
The fine print where companies admit they know better but won't say so for free.
means A statement that formally denies responsibility or limits liability, usually by spelling out what the speaker refuses to guarantee or be blamed for.
from From 'disclaim,' built from Old French 'disclaimer' — 'des-' (reversal, un-doing) plus 'clamer,' to claim or cry out, itself from Latin 'clamare,' to shout. Originally a legal term for formally renouncing a claim or right in court; the sense narrowed over time to the written denial of responsibility we now meet at the bottom of contracts, bottles, and movie credits.
- legal purpose
- shifts risk from seller to reader
- length rule
- usually inverse to how risky the product is
- irony
- results may vary, confidence does not
- reading rate
- almost nobody, by design