I’d like to think HN had a small role in making Zoom blink and “clarify” that open ended rights to do what they wanted somehow isn’t what the original text said or intended.
But the reality is this wording could come back in another form. Lawyers will lawyer.
Still the world gets better at learning to read terms of services together and that’s magical.
Still the world gets better at learning to read terms of services together and that’s magical.
Does it though? I think it's more along the lines that the amount of reading of ToS is the same/similar as it has always been. It's just now that when someone does actually read them, there's a bigger bullhorn to shout from. It's only then that the internet gets stirred up. It's not like you or I read this ToS to catch this.
I really feel like this is one of those responses where the person wants to sound cool even though they really aren't. To me, it reads "I have a girlfriend, but she lives in Canada" kind of comment. Maybe you do read the ToS "depending on the use case", but that's such a huge caveat. I have been known to misread things before, like random ToS
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I’d like to think HN had a small role in making Zoom blink and “clarify” that open ended rights to do what they wanted somehow isn’t what the original text said or intended.
But the reality is this wording could come back in another form. Lawyers will lawyer.
Still the world gets better at learning to read terms of services together and that’s magical.
Does it though? I think it's more along the lines that the amount of reading of ToS is the same/similar as it has always been. It's just now that when someone does actually read them, there's a bigger bullhorn to shout from. It's only then that the internet gets stirred up. It's not like you or I read this ToS to catch this.
Depending on the use case the tos gets read in my world, but in no way the majority of the time or as often as it should be.
Your comment though made me realize that LLMs can probably help with understanding ToS’
I really feel like this is one of those responses where the person wants to sound cool even though they really aren't. To me, it reads "I have a girlfriend, but she lives in Canada" kind of comment. Maybe you do read the ToS "depending on the use case", but that's such a huge caveat. I have been known to misread things before, like random ToS