OP is searching for Fossify - the forked set of Simple's projects. That's the point of the post, I think.
DeltaTangoLima
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Ah, nice one. Still, a bit annoying that it's opt out, rather than opt in.
Saved me the effort, thanks. Although, couldn't you just block the container from talking outside your network? I can't see why I'd need a memo app (server) to have access to the internet.
Yeah, Google Wallet and my banking app. Secondarily, access to my work emails and Slack. I'm on the move so much during the day, my laptop rarely leaves my backpack sometimes.
Yep, good point. That's still a bit of a dick move, but a completely legitimate one too. If you don't like people like us having a play and developing our own capabilities against the service, you can re-assert your ownership and lock it down.
Siccing lawyers onto a dev who is helping your customers use your product in new and improved ways is just plain fucking stupid.
I think it's because the dev might've reverse-engineered the calls to the cloud service, and that may be where the legal sticking point is. Not a lawyer, so not 100% sure - will be interesting to see where this goes.
I saw elsewhere the dev has insurance, and they're going to cover a lawyer, so they may very well fight it.
In fairness, that's just about any tech-connected company nowadays. Social media, streaming services - you name it. They're all bloody doing it.
Forked, and mirrored to my Foregjo instance
They probably can. I'm sure they've covered themselves with some bullshit ToS that governs the use of the cloud service itself, and acceptance is implied when you use the service.
There's a part of me that really wishes it could be challenged, though, by pointing out that leaving the cloud service open to public consumption without some form of authorization should simply be a case of tough titties to them. Lock your shit down if you don't want people like us using it in ways you didn't intend.
But, as we all well know, once lawyers get involved, it's simply too hard to fight this sort of shit.
Not sure about the Haier thing. My HVAC has an add-on "smart" controller that I had to pay extra for, and the ToS are no doubt attached to that.
OP searched for Fossify - the Simple fork. That's the point here - the new owner of Simple has added the keyword 'fossify' so they turn up in the search results, which no doubt prioritises apps with higher install counts.