Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
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Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#2Dupe of another frontpage story.
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#3Dupe of another frontpage story.
The other HN submission
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=482772
links to a different Web source, so not exactly a duplicate. Just a hot new story.
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#4The timing of this article is ironic for me, since I just had a big argument with a friend about why I like Facebook less and less...
There's one thing about this that confuses me: with a change like this to the ToS, why didn't they alert me and make me confirm that I agree with the new terms?
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#5The timing of this article is ironic for me, since I just had a big argument with a friend about why I like Facebook less and less... There's one thing about this that confuses me: with a change like this to the ToS, why didn't they alert me and make me confirm that I agree with the new terms?
Simple, because the old TOS said they didn't have to. And why would they? "Hey we just changed our TOS to take even more control over your stuff, are you still okay with that? Yes/No"
And if you're using Facebook now, you should be okay with the change because it's not like much has actually changed with regard to how FB is going to use/sell your data.
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#6Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#7Are people really worried about this? The only reason this is in the TOS is so they have the right to keep running their data mining algorithms even after you delete your account, in case they find a new way to leverage your data. It's not like they're going to start selling a poetry anthology of your stuff or something.
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#8The timing of this article is ironic for me, since I just had a big argument with a friend about why I like Facebook less and less... There's one thing about this that confuses me: with a change like this to the ToS, why didn't they alert me and make me confirm that I agree with the new terms?
The timing of this article is ironic for me, since I just had a big argument with a friend about why I like Facebook less and less...
Nope. Not ironic.
Although... Mark Zuckerberg could have been eavesdropping with his ear to the wall, been shocked by what he heard, and just changed the company strategy to do whatever it took to make you happy again. Then it might be ironic!
Which is just an excuse to bring up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg.
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#9Is this what happens when you have no business model?
Re: Facebook TOS Change: All Your Stuff is Ours, Even if You Quit
#10I see no reason to worry more than before.
Has anyone read MS Windows EULA?
EDIT:
* Facebook has millions of users, its TOS allows it to do anything with your data. If you don't accept the TOS you can't use the service.
* MS Windows has millions of users, its EULA allows it to do anything with your data. If you don't accept the EULA you can't use the OS.