C|net says: "Be sure to read Chrome's fine print" - which you should be doing all the time anyway. There are two things that stick out in the terms of service in Chrome.
This one, while not stating directly they will throw Google-ads around wherever they please, doesn't exactly exclude the idea. Traditionally, ads on the web are served by the page you are visiting not the browser that you use. This paragraph seems to indicate that it'll change in the near future.....
"Some of the services are supported by advertising revenue and may display advertisements and promotions. These advertisements may be targeted to the content of information stored on the services, queries made through the services or other information.
The manner, mode, and extent of advertising by Google on the services are subject to change without specific notice to you."
Then there's this - who owns what now? They're not saying that they will automagically gain the copyright of your stuff, but they are saying that they will have the right to display some of your content, in conjunction with promoting its services. Come again?
"By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any content which you submit, post or display on or through, the services. This license is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the additional terms of those services."
Hat tip to Claes Magnusson in my Jaiku-posse.
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I doubt anyone will read them any closer than before, i.e., not at all.
But if Microsoft or Apple, etc, were doing this more people would complain (they may well be, I haven't read the Ts & Cs. Oops).
And it's not yet Mac compatible, so won't be using it anyway. Chrome, just not polished.
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PermalinkHehe, pun-meister. The purple-punman. Pun-o-rama-man!
Looks like everone is paranoid about that part though - see also This Post Not Made In Chrome; Google's EULA Sucks at TapTheHive.
Hat top to equally paranoid Brent on adlist.
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PermalinkThe purple-punman. I kinda like that!
Anyway, I quit my job proper today. No more puns. It's time someone else took over, etc, etc.
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Permalinkwait, you quit your agencyjob or being the resident Purple-punman king of all puns Adland job?
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PermalinkBoth. I know that the puns are in capable hands (yours). As for the agency, they'll be glad to be rid of me. :)
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Permalinkaw man, I hope you soon find greener pastures. As for puns, I'm not even half as good as you are and you know it. We neeeeed you, man!
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PermalinkI'll still find time to pop by and leave a pun or two around the site for your entertainment. Maybe even a sensible comment and the odd flame, too!
I just need to reinvigorate somehow and a spell away from the industry seems like the right thing to do. I hung on part-time, but in my heart I knew that wouldn't work so today I took the option to leave for good.
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PermalinkGoogle backtracks on Chrome license terms
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