The Verge's reporting underlines an uncomfortable truth: terms-of-service edits are PR moves as much as legal fixes. The retained 'associated with your products or services' clause reads like a deliberately wide door — broad enough to cover virtually any AI feature Meta ships next quarter. On our read, Meta is betting that litigation risk is cheaper than licensing deals, a posture consistent with what court filings in the author lawsuits have already revealed about its training data habits. Publishers, meanwhile, are learning that real leverage comes from blocking crawlers or selling exclusive licenses, as some outlets have done with OpenAI. Expect the gap between 'updated terms' and 'actual consent' to fuel the next wave of data-rights litigation.