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Users who cancel or are otherwise dissatisfied mid-period have no entitlement to a refund or partial credit under the Terms.
The updated terms state that the Company reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen, edit, or delete any user content at any time, for any reason, and without notice. The revised language also clarifies that while the Company does not claim ownership of user-submitted content, the Company retains ownership of the Services and the underlying technology used to generate Output. Additionally, the terms now specify that users must obtain license rights in their content to allow the Company to operate the Service without legal violations. The operational effect is that user content may be subject to removal at any time under the Company's sole discretion, and users should understand the distinction between their ownership rights in submitted content and the Company's ownership of the platform and generation technology.
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If you request and obtain a refund, your subscription to the Services will be terminated as soon as the refund is initiated.
If we exercise this right and you purchased the subscription via our website, we will refund you, on a pro rata basis, the fees you paid for the remaining portion of your Subscription after termination.
You may cancel your Subscription at any time. Your cancellation will take effect at the end of the current Subscription Term.
"payments for any subscriptions to the Services are nonrefundable and there are no credits for partially used periods.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity Terms of Service
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Users who cancel or are otherwise dissatisfied mid-period have no entitlement to a refund or partial credit under the Terms.
Readers cannot obtain a refund for subscription payments, nor receive a credit for any unused portion of a subscription period.
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