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I don't know if I'm reading the twitter thread right(I only see 1 post), but I don't see how it is misleading for an app to be owned by google, and for the TOS

I don't know if I'm reading the twitter thread right(I only see 1 post), but I don't see how it is misleading for an app to be owned by google, and for the TOS to say 'we won't share the information with anyone'. It isn't a given that any data google has it will use or share. For example, they don't look at data you have stored on their cloud file storage service. I'd actually trust Google more than some random company to stick to their privacy statement. And finally, I can understand why this isn't branded as a Google product if it comes from area 120, which is an internal incubator.

ajdlinux 7y ago
The issue is "we won't share the information with anyone" is likely to be interpreted by the average user as "we won't share the information outside our cool little startup which makes this awesome Pigeon app", rather than "we won't share the information outside our friendly megacorp Google".
- jsty 7y ago
  But considering most app terms allow for transfer of data to the purchaser on buy-out, and the fate of many a 'cool little startup' is to be bought out by a large company, momentary independence isn't really a much greater guarantee that your data won't be sitting in a megacorp soon.