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Keep in mind, those protections are pretty standard for software in general. Most of the open source ecosystem would evaporate immediately if "SOFTWARE PROVIDE
by shadowgovt 3y ago
Keep in mind, those protections are pretty standard for software in general.
Most of the open source ecosystem would evaporate immediately if "SOFTWARE PROVIDED AS-IS" wasn't a legally-enforceable culpability abrogation.
- bmitc 3y agoIt's different when you're a corporation that makes $300 million annually, plasters the service all over ads and commercials, and buries the "as-is" in however many pages of terms and conditions that constantly update, all the while making money off of the "customer".
- pixl97 3y agoNo it is not. Print a map on a piece of paper. You follow it off a cliff. In what world is that the map makers fault?
- bmitc 3y agoThat isn't what happened.
- Bjartr 3y agoMorally yes, but not legally.
- bmitc 3y agoI'm not sure. The analogy was downloading any old open source software with the as-is disclaimer vs Google saying their map system gives you live, up to date, directions and maps but then buries in terms and conditions a claim that they're not responsible. If Google marketed Maps as "for information only", then that would be different.
- shadowgovt 3y agoI mean, it's point 3 in the terms of service. The bold text is Actual Conditions; Assumption of Risk. I don't think we can call that "buried" unless we're operating under the legal theory that nobody is held accountable to terms and conditions at all anymore.