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An 'as is' disclaimer with a full warranty waiver means Writer makes no guarantee about the services' quality, fitness, accuracy, or reliability, leaving the user without contractual recourse for service deficiencies.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a fragment; the full disclaimer clause likely enumerates specific warranty types (e.g., merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose) that are not visible in the provided text. The qualifier 'to the extent permitted by applicable law' preserves statutory warranties that cannot be disclaimed.
The updated terms establish clearer scope (these terms apply to free, trial, and paid versions; Enterprise is separate) and expand the list of prohibited uses. Users may no longer reverse engineer, scrape, or attempt to derive components of the Services; use the platform for competitive analysis or to develop competing products; or misrepresent AI-generated output as human-created. The terms also explicitly prohibit processing of HIPAA-regulated health information. Users can review the full updated terms to understand which specific uses are now restricted.
View change record →The reader uses Writer's services entirely at their own risk, with no warranties of any kind from Writer, to the extent applicable law permits such a disclaimer.
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An 'as is' disclaimer with a full warranty waiver means Writer makes no guarantee about the services' quality, fitness, accuracy, or reliability, leaving the user without contractual recourse for service deficiencies.
The reader uses Writer's services entirely at their own risk, with no warranties of any kind from Writer, to the extent applicable law permits such a disclaimer.
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