In going through the TV setup for a DVB-T TV tuner which is built into the device, you get to this glorious licence screen. There are a half-dozen lines of text in that box, and then sixty-nine, yes SIXTY-NINE pages to scroll through. It’s 67 pages if you maximise the window to full screen on this large, high-res display.

Now maybe there is someone within Microsoft who is STUPID enough to believe that the end user will laboriously scroll through this, reading each snippet of text. And that they will then press the “I agree” button to continue.

The reality is that everyone, bar the most fastidious and time-rich will just avoid the hassle and continue with their lives.

Microsoft must know this – after all, it designed this dialog box.

It is therefore entrapment, pure and simple. Microsoft has no intention of you actually reading the licence agreement, and has, in fact, made it about as difficult as it possibly could, with the exception of adding flashing screens and blaring sirens to put you off.

And entrapment is no way to deal with your customers, Microsoft. You should be ashamed.