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I saw people discussing this earlier on Twitter and I agree that the Dropbox TOS sounds better than the Google one. My problem is that Dropbox does everything
by brntn 14y ago
I saw people discussing this earlier on Twitter and I agree that the Dropbox TOS sounds better than the Google one.
My problem is that Dropbox does everything that is highlighted in this post as a reason not to use Google Drive. If anything, the Dropbox TOS reduces clarity by "hiding" that they do these things.
> use, host, store, reproduce
Well yeah, that's what the service is designed to do. Dropbox does all of those things.
> modify, create derivative works
Something as simple as creating a thumbnail of a JPEG is modifying/deriving your files. Dropbox most certainly does that.
> communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute
Again, this allows them to show you your data in multiple ways that exist now or may exist in the future. Again, Dropbox does all of these things too.
I honestly think that Google should have added "We will never sell, give away or allow partners to access your files without permission" to the top of their new TOS. It would clear all of this nonsense up.
- cobychapple 14y agoLike I said, I'm no lawyer—so I'm sure that the Dropbox TOS is probably quite similar from a legal point of view, however it's the apparent intent that they go to the trouble of attempting to convey that makes the difference to me.
- Locke1689 14y agoYou like that they're hiding that they're claiming the exact same rights over your data? It sounds like you're just finding an intellectual justification to support a predetermination that Google must be doing bad things with your data -- even though they're doing the same thing.