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by soal 105 days ago
«ARBITRATION NOTICE. Except for certain kinds of disputes described in Section 15.2 (Dispute Resolution and Arbitration), you agree that disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration, and BY ACCEPTING THESE TERMS, YOU AND ZED ARE EACH WAIVING THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY OR TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY CLASS ACTION OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. ALTERNATIVELY, CUSTOMER MAY OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION PER SECTION 17.2(a).»

It's awful.

3 comments

I wonder how many licenses throughout the years people have blindly clicked agree while the dispute resolution clause read:

    “Trial by Combat”
The good thing is you can still use their software without signing in and having to agree.
Well shit, alternatives?
Here is a fork: https://gram.liten.app/
Oh, cmon, code editors are plenty. I read this in my inbox and uninstalled Zed. It's not my main editor though.
Judging from the opt out section and other parts of the ToS it seems pretty clear to me that most of the terms only apply (including the arbitration clause) to if you're using their online services. I don't get what the big hooha is about