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Re: How about...

Usually the so-called "agreement" is the customer continuing to use the service after the provider changes the terms. Credit-card-issuing banks do this every few months: they send a little flyer with a lot of tiny print, and it says if you don't close your account, or if you use it after this is sent to you, you've thereby consented to the new terms. With software companies, online stores, etc. the terms may be only online and not even sent to you, and the "fine print" itself declares that this is adequate notice.

It's totally one-sided, and these may not be real contracts in a philosophical sense, but legally they are. At least, the courts usually uphold these arrangements.