Agreement
These Terms form an agreement between you and the operator of Ototi. In these Terms, “Ototi”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the service and its operator. By using Ototi, you agree to these Terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the service.
Mandatory consumer rights in your country still apply. Nothing in these Terms removes or limits a right or remedy that applicable law does not allow us to exclude or limit.
What Ototi is
Ototi provides original English-language editorials informed by books, articles, research, and other lawful sources. Each ototi is designed for roughly 15 minutes, is available in text and audio when published, and ends with a separate editorial conclusion called Our Take.
An ototi is not the original work, a chapter-by-chapter substitute, or a statement that you have read or listened to the referenced source. Source names are used for attribution and do not imply affiliation, sponsorship, or endorsement.
Who may use Ototi
Ototi is intended for adults. You must be at least 18, or the age of legal majority where you live, and able to enter a binding agreement. If local law does not permit you to use the service, you may not do so.
Access and accounts
Ototi may allow account-free use with a random installation identity and local-first progress. If optional account linking or cross-device sync is introduced, you are responsible for keeping access to any linked sign-in account secure and for the activity you authorise through it.
Do not share paid access in a way that bypasses Store or household rules, impersonate another person, or use a device, account, or payment method without permission. Contact us promptly if you believe access associated with you has been compromised.
Free access and subscriptions
Ototi may offer a free layer and a Premium subscription. The exact price, billing period, trial eligibility, renewal terms, included features, taxes, and territory availability shown by the App Store or Google Play before you confirm a purchase control that transaction. Website examples are not a Store offer.
- Payment is charged through the Store account you use.
- A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it under the Store terms before renewal.
- You can manage or cancel a subscription in the relevant Store subscription settings.
- Deleting Ototi does not cancel a subscription.
- Trial eligibility is determined by the Store and may not be available to every user.
- Unless the purchase screen states otherwise, a trial converts to a paid subscription when it ends if it has not been cancelled.
- Refunds are handled under applicable law and the Store’s process.
- Restore Purchases is available for supported transactions; it does not create access where a purchase was refunded, revoked, or made with a different Store account.
When Premium ends, access may return to the current free layer. Local progress, history, and saved ideas may remain even when the related paid text or audio is no longer available.
Your licence to use Ototi
Subject to these Terms, we give you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the Ototi app and access available content for your own non-commercial reading and listening.
Downloads are encrypted or otherwise controlled for offline use inside Ototi. A download does not transfer ownership or grant permission to extract, copy, publish, sell, broadcast, or redistribute the audio, text, artwork, data, or software.
Acceptable use
You must not:
- copy, scrape, bulk-download, republish, sell, sublicense, or create a competing dataset from Ototi;
- remove attribution, rights notices, access controls, watermarks, or technical protections;
- reverse engineer or interfere with the service except where applicable law expressly permits it;
- probe, attack, overload, automate against, or misuse the app, API, content delivery, billing, or support systems;
- send malware, unlawful material, personal data you have no right to share, or abusive reports;
- use Ototi or its content to violate intellectual-property, privacy, publicity, or other rights; or
- misrepresent an ototi as the original source or claim endorsement by a referenced author or publisher.
Editorial content and decisions
Ototi is written for general education and reflection. It is not personalised medical, mental-health, legal, financial, investment, tax, or other professional advice. Do not rely on an ototi as the only basis for a high-stakes decision; consult a qualified professional and the original or primary sources where appropriate.
We aim for factual accuracy, clear attribution, original structure, and independent judgment. Ideas and evidence can be disputed or change over time. We may correct, update, replace, or withdraw an ototi and may preserve an audit record without continuing public access to an older version.
If you believe content is inaccurate or infringes a right, email hello@endlessriver.xyz with the title, issue, basis, and enough detail for a responsible review.
Intellectual property
Ototi’s software, editorial text, audio, artwork, branding, selection, arrangement, and product design are owned by Ototi or its licensors and are protected by law. Referenced titles, author names, trademarks, and third-party materials remain the property of their respective owners.
If you send feedback or a product suggestion, you allow us to use it without an obligation to pay you, but you keep ownership of any rights you already hold. This permission does not apply to confidential material that we have expressly agreed in writing to receive as confidential.
Stores, links, and third-party services
Apple, Google, hosting, audio-delivery, and linked-source services have their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for a third-party service we do not control. External links are provided for context or attribution, not endorsement.
Apple and Google are not responsible for Ototi’s editorial content. Store-specific terms apply where required by the relevant platform agreement and applicable law.
Availability and service changes
We work to keep Ototi reliable, including downloaded content that is meant to work offline, but the service is not guaranteed to be uninterrupted or error-free. Catalog items, free rotations, features, supported devices, territories, and availability may change for editorial, rights, security, technical, or legal reasons.
If a change materially affects a paid feature, we will consider applicable consumer rights, Store rules, reasonable notice, and any remedy required by law.
Our responsibility
We do not exclude or limit liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or death or personal injury caused by negligence where applicable. Your statutory rights remain unaffected.
To the extent the law allows, Ototi is provided for personal, non-commercial use. We are not responsible for business losses; loss caused by ignoring clear instructions or warnings; third-party services outside our reasonable control; or indirect losses that were not reasonably foreseeable when you agreed to these Terms.
Ending or suspending access
You may stop using Ototi at any time. You must separately manage or cancel any subscription through the Store used for the purchase.
We may suspend or end access where reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, serious or repeated breach, legal compliance, or protection of other users and rights holders. Where appropriate, we will explain the reason and offer a way to contact us or appeal.
Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the service, security, or applicable law. The effective date at the top identifies the current version. If a change materially affects your rights, we will give reasonable notice and request renewed agreement where required.
Law and disputes
The law and courts that apply to these Terms are determined by applicable law, including any mandatory consumer protections and rights available where you live. Before starting formal proceedings, please email hello@endlessriver.xyz so we can try to resolve the issue fairly. This does not prevent either side from seeking urgent relief or using a regulator, court, or alternative process available by law.
Contact
For support, legal questions, rights reports, or notices concerning these Terms, email hello@endlessriver.xyz.