Sentry's new TOS include agreement to include Training Machine Learning

Oy. The morally correct way would be to, at minimum, allow subscribers to opt out. It might even be acceptable if opting out was a "feature" of their paid plans.

The tiniest consolation is that the revised TOS doesn't apply until subscription renewal for paying customers, which is pretty much the bare minimum "ethical terms change" approach I can think of.

Here's the terms changelog: https://sentry.io/legal/changelog/

I absolutely hate the new terms, but I have to commend them on having this clear legal changelog. I wish everyone did this.

Update Sentry’s data usage rights to use the error and other data sent by our customers to Sentry for AI model training and other product development efforts (but only in an aggregate and anonymous manner for any external-facing uses); and

If you do not want to be governed by the updated TOS, be sure to close your account before the updated TOS applies to you.

For additional context, here is a copy of the email we (as a current Sentry customer) received earlier today:

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As you may have heard, we are beginning to make investments in machine learning ([0]) to improve our product experience along with launching an EU data region ([1]) for Sentry.

To support these new product offerings, we need to make the following changes to our Terms of Service (TOS):

- Update Sentry's data usage rights to use the error and other data sent by our customers to Sentry for AI model training and other product development efforts (but only in an aggregate and anonymous manner for any external-facing uses); and

- Update our existing data locality language to align with our making new data regions available.

We are also making a few administrative changes to our TOS for further clarity. Please check out our Change Log ([2]) and the full text of our updated TOS ([3]) for more details.

The updated TOS goes into effect on February 3, 2024 (the “TOS Effective Date”). The updated TOS applies to [removed customer name] as follows:

- If you have an existing free subscription to use our products and services (“Service”), your continued use or access of our Service on or after the TOS Effective Date will be deemed to be your assent to the updated TOS; or

- If you have an existing paid subscription to use the Service, you will stay on the existing TOS through the end of your current subscription period. The updated TOS will apply to you beginning on your next renewal on or after the TOS Effective Date.

- If you do not want to be governed by the updated TOS, be sure to close your account ([4]) before the updated TOS applies to you.

For clarity, if your organization has entered into a separate signed agreement governing use of the Service, then that agreement (not the updated TOS) will continue to apply to you in accordance with its terms.

[0]: https://blog.sentry.io/ai-privacy-and-terms-of-service-updat...

[1]: https://blog.sentry.io/sentrys-eu-data-region-now-in-early-a...

[2]: https://sentry.io/legal/changelog/

[3]: https://sentry.io/terms/

[4]: https://docs.sentry.io/product/accounts/user-settings/