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Cake day: July 14th, 2023

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  • Well I guess it meets the letter of the law :/

    They can choose between either affirmative acknowledgment:

    (A) The seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser indicating all of the following:

    (i) That the purchaser is receiving a license to access the digital good.

    (ii) A complete list of restrictions and conditions of the license.

    (iii) That access to the digital good may be unilaterally revoked by the seller if they no longer hold a right to the digital good, if applicable.

    Or a notice:

    (B) The seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement that does both of the following:

    (i) States in plain language that “buying” or “purchasing” the digital good is a license.

    (ii) Includes a hyperlink, QR code, or similar method to access the terms and conditions that provide full details on the license.

    https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2426#99INT

    Without a requirement to declare any restrictions (e.g. non-transferability) or revocable nature of the license the notice option is pretty toothless.


  • Most apps will be built using libraries to provide functionality.

    For example a Lemmy client might use a small database to store cached data on the device so it doesn’t have to redownload data as you navigate back and forth. Rather than writing their own code to create and maintain the database that functionality is available as a library they can import into their app and use immediately.

    There might be dozens or even hundreds of libraries in any given app, this is great in that the app developer can focus on their app specific features and not worry so much about the low level features but these libraries also have their own release schedule and may only support security fixes on their current version.

    This can result in a situation where you could have weekly or monthly updates just to include library updates even if you haven’t added any features directly to the app itself.