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I'm not sure it's reasonable to expect users to read the ToS to find out whether their text editor will phone home. This also doesn't excuse the editor sending

• jve 7y ago
  This is EXACTLY what I expect to find out in TOS. Along with how they use and with whom they share the data (privacy policy). TOS actually is stronger than preferences. If TOS doesn't state that I can opt out, I don't expect that I'm opted out of everything, even when I set such preferences in software. And that they can introduce some phoning home at will, as long as they comply with their TOS.
  • chownie 7y ago
    That answers a different question, whether you expect that content to be in the ToS or not isn't relevant. I asked whether it's reasonable to expect users to search the ToS to understand the behaviour of their editor. I don't think it is reasonable, the language complexity expressed in a ToS is vastly different to anything written that's really intended for users to read. People with chronic illnesses experience brain fog and may not find it easy to read a document like a ToS, the elderly, young and those who use english as a second language are also more likely to have issues parsing one. Even despite that point the software is currently in violation of its own terms of service. If it sends telemetry before you can open the settings panel then clearly you cannot "control what information the Software collects in the settings panel", as the preceding telemetry message can't be prevented.