ByteThirst Terms of Service
1. Acceptance of Terms
By installing, accessing, or using the ByteThirst Chrome extension or visiting our website (bytethirst.com), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use ByteThirst.
2. Description of Service
ByteThirst is a Chrome browser extension that estimates the environmental impact (water consumption, energy usage, and carbon emissions) of your AI usage across supported platforms (including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity, Poe, You.com, and Bing Chat).
We offer two tiers:
Free Tier
Available to all users without account creation. Includes daily and weekly impact dashboards, real-world equivalents, tips, achievement badges, and one shareable social impact card per week. All data is stored locally on your device.
Premium Tier (ByteThirst+)
Available for $4.99 per month. Includes everything in the free tier plus historical trend analytics, unlimited social impact cards, usage spike alerts, and expanded achievement badges. Requires Google Sign-In for payment processing. 30% of premium revenue is donated to clean water initiatives.
3. Account Creation and Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years of age to use ByteThirst. The free tier does not require an account. The premium tier requires Google Sign-In for payment processing only. You are responsible for maintaining the security of your Google account credentials.
4. Subscription and Billing
Premium subscriptions are billed monthly at $4.99 USD through Stripe. Your subscription automatically renews each month unless cancelled. You may cancel at any time through the Stripe Customer Portal accessible from within the extension. Upon cancellation, you retain access to premium features through the end of your current billing period. We do not offer prorated refunds for partial billing periods. Prices may change with 30 days' advance notice.
5. Donation Commitment
We commit to donating 30% of all gross premium subscription revenue to water.org or similar organizations focused on providing clean water access. This commitment is voluntary and does not create a contractual obligation to any third party. We may change the recipient organization with advance notice, though we will always direct donations toward clean water access initiatives.
6. Intellectual Property
ByteThirst, including the extension code, website, design, brand assets, and methodology, is owned by ByteThirst and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. You retain full ownership of any data generated or stored by the extension on your device. We claim no rights to your usage data or any content you create using the social impact card feature.
7. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the extension
- Use the extension to circumvent platform terms of service
- Distribute modified versions of the extension
- Use automated tools to interact with the extension
- Misrepresent ByteThirst's estimates as certified or guaranteed measurements
8. Limitation of Liability
ByteThirst provides environmental impact estimates based on publicly available research and reasonable assumptions. These estimates are approximations only and should not be treated as precise measurements. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any specific calculation.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, ByteThirst shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the service.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties
ByteThirst is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the extension will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components. We make no guarantees about the accuracy of environmental impact estimates, as these depend on publicly available data that may change.
10. Email Communications
By submitting your email address through our beta signup form, you consent to receive the following communications from ByteThirst:
- Beta access confirmations and onboarding instructions
- Product launch announcements
- New feature updates
- Donation impact reports
Every email includes an unsubscribe link. You may opt out at any time, and we will stop all non-essential communications within 10 business days. We will never sell or share your email address with third parties for marketing purposes.
11. Privacy
Your privacy is fundamental to ByteThirst. Our data practices are described in detail in our Privacy Policy. We never collect your AI conversation content, and free tier users make zero network calls.
12. Modification of Terms
We may update these Terms of Service from time to time. Material changes will be announced via the extension's update notes in the Chrome Web Store. Your continued use of ByteThirst after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. If you do not agree with updated terms, you may uninstall the extension and, for premium subscribers, cancel your subscription.
13. Termination
You may stop using ByteThirst at any time by uninstalling the extension. Premium subscribers may cancel their subscription at any time. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate access to premium features for users who violate these terms or engage in abusive behavior. Upon termination, your locally stored data remains on your device until you clear it or uninstall the extension.
14. Governing Law
These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
15. Contact
For questions about these terms: hello@bytethirst.com