Acceptable Use Policy

Use ThreadCast as it's intended

ThreadCast is for listening to Reddit threads on your own devices. Use it that way — for yourself, with your own ears, on the devices you own or have permission to use. Do not use ThreadCast (or its audio output, license keys, or any other part of it) to build a competing service, to bulk-extract Reddit content, to operate as a paid content-rebroadcasting business, or to do anything that would meaningfully harm Reddit or any third party.

Respect Reddit

ThreadCast reads content from reddit.com, which Reddit, Inc. owns and operates. Your use of ThreadCast must respect Reddit's own rules. Specifically, do not use ThreadCast to:

• circumvent Reddit's rate limits, captchas, robots controls, IP blocks, or any other access restriction;
• scrape or archive Reddit at scale beyond what's needed for your own personal listening;
• impersonate Reddit users, moderators, admins, or Reddit itself;
• evade a Reddit account ban or content removal;
• redistribute audio, transcripts, or other ThreadCast output to the public in a way that competes with Reddit or violates Reddit's User Agreement or API Terms.

If Reddit removes content, hides it, or rate-limits a request, ThreadCast respects that — please don't try to engineer around it.

Premium license keys

Your ThreadCast Premium license is for you. Activation limits exist so you can use ThreadCast comfortably across your own devices — three devices for monthly and yearly plans, five devices for Lifetime. Within those limits, you can move your license between your devices using the in-app "Deactivate this device" button.

What you can't do with a license key:

• share, sell, lease, or publish it;
• use it on devices that aren't yours and that you don't personally control;
• use modified, repackaged, or "cracked" builds of ThreadCast to bypass activation;
• chargeback or fraudulently reverse a payment while continuing to use Premium.

Material misuse of a license is grounds for revocation without refund.

No illegal or harmful use

Do not use ThreadCast to facilitate, plan, or carry out:

• illegal activity under the laws that apply to you;
• harassment, threats, doxxing, stalking, or targeted intimidation of any person;
• child sexual abuse material, content that sexualizes minors, or content promoting violence against children;
• content promoting terrorism, organized violence, or mass harm;
• distribution of malware, ransomware, spyware, or any software intended to damage or compromise systems;
• infringement of intellectual-property rights you do not own or have permission to use.

That Reddit hosts a piece of content does not mean amplifying or rebroadcasting it via ThreadCast is acceptable use.

No tampering or abuse of the service

ThreadCast is designed to run safely on your devices. Don't try to break that:

• do not reverse-engineer, decompile, or repackage the app, our voice models, or our license-activation infrastructure for redistribution;
• do not probe, scan, or attack our endpoints, our payment provider, or any third-party service ThreadCast depends on — outside good-faith security research disclosed responsibly to legal@threadcast.app;
• do not interfere with other users' ability to use ThreadCast (for example, by abusing the license-activation API in a way that triggers rate limiting for everyone).

User-provided content

Future versions of ThreadCast may let you read your own text or documents aloud (for example, sharing a PDF or article to the app). When you do, the content you provide is subject to this policy in the same way Reddit content is. You're responsible for having the right to use that content, and for making sure it doesn't fall into any of the categories above.

What we don't do

ThreadCast does not monitor what you listen to. Narration runs on your device, your queue lives on your device, and your listening history (when shipped) is stored locally. This policy applies to user conduct we learn about through reports, payment-provider signals, or legal process — not to surveilling what you choose to play.

Enforcement

If we believe a user has materially violated this policy, we may, in proportion to the violation:

• issue a warning;
• revoke a Premium license without refund;
• block access to our website, license API, or update channel;
• report unlawful conduct to the relevant authorities and cooperate with law enforcement.

Refunds for revoked licenses follow our Refund Policy: the 14-day guarantee does not apply where Premium access was revoked for a material violation of this policy.

Reporting abuse or concerns

If you believe someone is using ThreadCast in violation of this policy, or if you have a question about how this policy applies to your situation, write to legal@threadcast.app. Copyright concerns are handled separately under our DMCA / Copyright Policy.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as ThreadCast evolves — for example, as new features ship or as our payment and platform providers update their requirements. Material changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of ThreadCast after a change means you accept the updated policy.