Why I am leaving ____________________________________________ Hey there. It's Lime and I just found out something that sickens me. I found this project called "So we all knew this was coming, right. (My status on the ST policy update)" and please go check it out and thank you to @Quillow and others for posting projects like this and bringing it to peoples attention. they were talking about scratch policy and how different it is now then how it used to be. They said something about scratch makes you agree to their terms of service and one of the things you have to agree to is this... AND in their exact words "Limited License Grant. By Posting User Content to or via the Service, to the maximum extent of your rights to do so, including under applicable law, you hereby grant: (a) other users of the Service a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, modify, and create derivative works of such User Content solely for personal use within the Service and subject to these Terms; and (b) us a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license (with the right to grant and authorize sublicenses) to publicly display, publicly perform (including by means of a digital audio transmission), reproduce, distribute, create derivative works of, and otherwise use and exploit the User Content to provide the Service, for internal business purposes, to advertise, market, and promote the service, and to otherwise improve our products and services and create new products and services, including through the training of AI models. You agree to pay all monies owing to any person or entity resulting from Posting your User Content and from our exercise of the license set forth in this Section." So.... yeah. No. nonononononnononononon..... no. I. am. not. doing. that. Sorry for leaving but I. HATE. AI. with a passion like no other. And if I had an AT/DT I am SOOOOO sorry but I am most likely not going to finish those :[ I was a kid when I joined scratch. I never thought I would leave until I got to high school and if that went well I would come back maybe! But.. That's not what's going to happen. I hate that scratch became apart of AI, I hate that AI is destroying our planet, I hate that corporate people are integrating AI into our world, I am wishing that people will stop using AI to make "art", And I think we need to be properly teaching citizens about the effects AI has on our world. notes to my friends and peers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are an amazing friend! you came into my life and made every aspect better. I love talking to you and obsessing over silksong, I love having chaotic conversations, and I am blessed to have a friend like you. You are the embodiment of a chaotic good. Thank you for being there for me in times of sproling fields and in times of emotional drought. I love you with all my platonic love. Se you in the real world Cat! There are so many things you have done in my life that will and have affected me. YOU inspired me to pick up art again, YOU led me to scratch, You also taught me the lesson that it's okay to have other friends without even realizing it. I have always heard that your friends shape the person you grow up to be; I never understood that until I met you. Thank you. Hope to see you out in the real world soon. To my follower/peeres/anyone that has come across my account thank you for building up my childhood and teenage hood. I have had so many positive experiences and helped me grow so much as an artist. I mourn the scratch we lost but am happy to start moving forward. My plans for the future ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - I still want to be online so I am going to look for an anti AI website to continue to post my art. I will post an update when I find one if anyone wants to join me! - I still want to make a comic sometime i the future - I probably will not ever come back to scratch. I am done here and nothing will bring back the scratch it used to be. All that's left is a husk of what I used to call home. - I will be on for a few day's so I can say good bey to friends and wrap some things up Well... I guess this is it... huh.. I didn't think this day would come so soon but.... here we are... I'll see you guys around. Lime signing off
