EULA Decoder
An AI layer that reads the EULAs and ToS of every digital purchase at checkout and tells you in plain language whether you actually own it or just rent it.
Everyday consumers who buy digital movies, books, and games without reading 30-page legal docs
- Browser extension that flags risky licensing terms before you click Buy
- Plain-language verdict on each storefront: 'You own a license, not the file'
- Comparison of ownership terms across Apple, Amazon, Sony, Google, Steam
- Library-wide risk report ranking your existing purchases by revocability
The Sony deletions, paired with growing mainstream awareness of digital ownership issues, makes consumers newly open to a tool that explains what they're actually buying
Sony deletion of 550+ Studio Canal titles drew major coverage (Ars Technica, IGN, CBR, GameRant, MovieWeb) and 379-point Hacker News thread, confirming strong consumer frustration and viral demand moments around digital ownership transparency.Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don't own what we buy ↗PlayStation Deleting More Than 550 Movies from PSN Accounts ↗
Multiple established competitors already exist in the general EULA/ToS decoding space: ToS;DR (community project since 2012), Clause Claw, ContractFocus browser extension, and the chari062/tos-decoder GitHub project — leaving only a narrow 'point-of-purchase' niche truly open.Terms of Service; Didn't Read ↗Clause Claw - AI Terms of Service Analyzer & EULA Reader ↗ContractFocus browser extension ↗
Existing ToS tools are largely free/open-source (ToS;DR is volunteer-run, ContractFocus has free tier, GitHub tos-decoder is open source); willingness to pay for a low-frequency checkout tool is unproven and unvalidated by current paid competitors.ToS;DR About page — volunteer community project ↗AI Terms Of Service Summarizer guide (iweaver) ↗
Structural problem persists as digital licensing replaces sales, and California's AB 2426 is forcing transparency — but if regulation compels platforms to disclose plainly, a third-party decoder becomes less necessary over time.Digital Ownership Rights and Licensing: What You Really Own Online ↗PlayStation Store Deleting 551 Digital Purchases, Offers No Refunds ↗
Core LLM summarization of EULAs is trivial, but the real engineering challenge is maintaining a database of platform terms and integrating at checkout across many storefronts (PSN, Steam, Kindle, iTunes) where APIs are closed.