Ask HN: Why am I getting so many ToS update emails?

26 pointscalrueb3y ago10 comments

Today alone I have got emails from 6 different services informing me they updated their terms of service. Is this to get ready for new laws in 2023, or something else?

10 comments

nikanj3y ago

There’s usually some variant of ”You have two weeks to react”, and it’s a good bet most people won’t be reacting to emails too fast around christmas holidays

bronikowski3y ago

I got many, too. Some of those came from Polish services, so I'm guessing it's both changes to the law but also a "new year, new ideas" type of changes. We like to start anew.

solardev3y ago

It's a slow time for most non-retail businesses, and also a good time to sneak in user-hostile changes while users are busy with the holidays.

unsupp0rted3y ago

Happens to me at the end of every year

ngoilapites3y ago

And, do I have agency to guarantee that they are fair to me?

anthropodie3y ago

Nope.

Let's get as many users as possible and once they are hooked let's update ToS is the general approach it seems.

autoexec3y ago

phishing?

0x0083y ago

I hope some day we can use chatGPT to give us the tl;dr of TOS changes.

willcipriano3y ago

I'd like courts to find that giving someone a long contract online is responsible for you understanding it and if the bulk of users are confused to meaning of it, the parts that are confusing aren't legally binding.

ThePowerOfFuet3y ago

https://www.tosdr.org/

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