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About #WeTransfer, #BendingSpoons and #BlueSky. No BlueSky is not owned by Bending Spoons, but is a for-profit corporation financed by venture capital. It's not that far away from Bending Spoons' business model.

Preaching to the choir here, I know. So if you are on BlueSky, tell everyone complaining about WeTransfer about BlueSky as well.

@Framasoft

Un problème avec #WeTransfer ou les #documentsPartagés style #googleDocs, #overleaf, etc, c'est qu'on se retrouve destinataire sans l'avoir choisi, et, selon les circonstances, il peut être un peu tard / humainement compliqué de demander au correspondant de changer d'outil.

J'envisage de mettre dans ma signature mail une ligne "Je refuse les documents partagés via des outils propriétaires, voici les alternatives" avec un lien. Idéalement, un lien sur une page toujours à jour ?

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Certes, #WeTransfer semble faire aujourd'hui machine arrière, mais l'entreprise reste à but lucratif et a clairement affiché aujourd'hui son ambition de maximiser son profit, au déficit des intérêts de ses utilisateurices.

Alors pour héberger vos fichiers en toute sécurité, adoptez un chaton !

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''As of August 8, 2025, WeTransfer is giving itself the right to use your uploads not just to deliver files, but to train artificial intelligence, create derivative works, and explore commercial opportunities without asking your permission or compensating you.''

https://thesocieties.net/blog/2025/07/15/wetransfers-new-terms-of-service-what-section-6-3-means-for-your-content/

#WeTransfer

One of the biggest problems also here is technology people that think they can interpret and understand legal language like T&Cs (Terms and Conditions), laws and licenses as if they were deterministic software source code. They are almost always wrong. Please ask a lawyer before jumping to conclusions. I promise, you will be surprised. I am talking from (painful) experience.

#WeTransfer#TermsAndConditions