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by mtone 3704 days ago
Reading a TOS provides no indication of what a software will do, just what it might do. Most of clauses quoted by OP appear in almost every TOS out there. Online documentation provides no assurance of being complete and accurate either. Open source requires the ability to navigate a code repository.

It's a sad state of affairs but as a user, trust and reviews are the main factors available in the decision to run software or not.