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===Business Model Changes (''2024'')===

In 2024, Bending Spoons made changes that changed the business model for the worse. Uploads were no longer possible without registering an account, the number of transfers per month and the storage duration of the free tier were reduced significantly.

=== Change in Terms of Service attempts to change ownership of uploaded files (2025) ===

In the new Terms of Service presented on June 23rd 2025, WeTransfer originally stated that they entitle themselves to "make a profit of the files uploaded by users", starting from the 8th of August 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Leijten |first=Jorg |date=15 Jul 2025 |title=WeTransfer krabbelt iets terug na ophef over overdragen eigendom op geüploade bestanden |trans-title=WeTransfer backs down their transfer of ownership after backlash |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/15/wetransfer-is-binnenkort-eigenaar-van-jouw-bestanden-en-wil-er-geld-aan-gaan-verdienen-a4900306 |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |website=NRC |language=nl}}</ref> This is in stark contrast with the Terms of Service from 2021, which states there is no right of ownership to the uploaded files.<ref name=":0" />

Further, the new Terms of Service sparked additional backlash, by the clause to "include the possibility of using AI to improve content moderation" on the uploaded files. WeTransfer updated this clause. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Rahman-Jones |first=Imran |date=15 Jul 2025 |title=WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8mp79gyz1o |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |work=BBC}}</ref>

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 ===Business Model Changes (''2024'')===
 In 2024, Bending Spoons made changes that changed the business model for the worse. Uploads were no longer possible without registering an account, the number of transfers per month and the storage duration of the free tier were reduced significantly.
+=== Change in Terms of Service attempts to change ownership of uploaded files (2025) ===
+In the new Terms of Service presented on June 23rd 2025, WeTransfer originally stated that they entitle themselves to "make a profit of the files uploaded by users", starting from the 8th of August 2025.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Leijten |first=Jorg |date=15 Jul 2025 |title=WeTransfer krabbelt iets terug na ophef over overdragen eigendom op geüploade bestanden |trans-title=WeTransfer backs down their transfer of ownership after backlash |url=https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/07/15/wetransfer-is-binnenkort-eigenaar-van-jouw-bestanden-en-wil-er-geld-aan-gaan-verdienen-a4900306 |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |website=NRC |language=nl}}</ref> This is in stark contrast with the Terms of Service from 2021, which states there is no right of ownership to the uploaded files.<ref name=":0" />
+Further, the new Terms of Service sparked additional backlash, by the clause to "include the possibility of using AI to improve content moderation" on the uploaded files. WeTransfer updated this clause. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Rahman-Jones |first=Imran |date=15 Jul 2025 |title=WeTransfer says files not used to train AI after backlash |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp8mp79gyz1o |access-date=15 Jul 2025 |work=BBC}}</ref><!-- The ToS situation is still too fresh to comment on it further -->
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