Source: https://front-end.social/@fox/110846484782705013

Text in the screenshot from Grammarly says:

We develop data sets to train our algorithms so that we can improve the services we provide to customers like you. We have devoted significant time and resources to developing methods to ensure that these data sets are anonymized and de-identified.

To develop these data sets, we sample snippets of text at random, disassociate them from a user’s account, and then use a variety of different methods to strip the text of identifying information (such as identifiers, contact details, addresses, etc.). Only then do we use the snippets to train our algorithms-and the original text is deleted. In other words, we don’t store any text in a manner that can be associated with your account or used to identify you or anyone else.

We currently offer a feature that permits customers to opt out of this use for Grammarly Business teams of 500 users or more. Please let me know if you might be interested in a license of this size, and I’II forward your request to the corresponding team.

  • ALERT@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    612·
    1 year ago

    What’s wrong with using one’s typed text to improve Grammarly? Why is anyone obsessed with opting out of improving products using the results of their usage? I always allow products to use my data, track my activity, send non-anonymous bug reports, etc. Am I a bad person?

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
      51·
      1 year ago

      You’re not a bad person, you’re just not concerned with privacy or the value of things you make.

      I almost never allow any of that because I expect companies to compensate me for helping them improve their product. If they can’t provide a quality product without that, they should increase their prices to hire more staff or pay customers for access to their data.

      That said, I’m a lot more willing to agree for open source projects because there isn’t a profit motive there, and it’s a small way of helping the project. I still occasionally refuse (esp. for a company like Mozilla that often ignores community feedback), though I’ll try to help in other ways (evangelism, detailed bug reports, etc).

      But if a company is profiting off me, I expect as least a little of that back if I’m going to allow them to use my data.

    • Polar@lemmy.ca
      27·
      1 year ago

      No you’re not a bad person.

      You have to realize that Lemmy is currently hardcore nerds. Linux, Firefox, and FOSS only users.

      People here are so hateful against Sync for Lemmy (previously one of the most beloved Reddit apps) because it’s not FOSS.

      It’s actually quite annoying.

      https://lemmy.world/comment/2195946