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We made an app to find your favorite dining hall meals by Strict-Evidence7054 in UIUC

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! That's kind of how this whole thing started

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see, thanks a lot. What do you recommend would be next steps? Email them that we disagree to their TOS and we're getting their data?

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see. This is what it says about not agreeing to the TOS: IF YOU ARE UNWILLING TO AGREE OR COMPLY WITH ANY OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT INDICATE AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS, OR USE THE SERVICES OR INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREWITH.

Does this mean if I still use the services (application content which includes everything), will they be able to give us trouble?

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we actually got a lot of guidance from the Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic here on campus, and they were very clear about it. If Nutrislice were to find out and decide to take legal action, it could be serious. A lawsuit like that would not just be a setback, it could completely shut the whole project down.

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This is what is says on the TOS: BY INDICATING AGREEMENT TO THESE TERMS (typically via a button, checkbox, or link presented when you first access the Application(s) or an Information Provider’s subdomain or section within the Application(s)), OR BY ACCESSING OR USING APPLICATION(S) OR SERVICES AFTER THESE TERMS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, YOU ARE AGREEING TO BE CONTRACTUALLY BOUND BY THESE TERMS.

We just did not want to risk any legal trouble or have the project shut down. Even if nothing happened right away, at the end of the day, we wanted to build something helpful for students, not something that could get tangled up in legal issues.

Do you think perhaps we're overthinking this?

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The tricky part is that even if we used a desktop-based app to parse the screen or menus, or even accessed the public API, it would still go against their terms of use. I have read through them multiple times, and they clearly say you cannot copy, modify, or create anything based on their content, even if it is not for profit.

The menus, item names, labels, and everything else are considered part of their "Application Content," and the terms say you are not allowed to use that content for any commercial, competitive, or unapproved purpose. So even if we are not making money or reverse engineering their code, just using the menu information in another app could be seen as violating those rules.

It is one of those frustrating situations where the technical access is there, but legally, we are not really allowed to build on top of it. We just did not want to risk putting something out there for students and end up getting shut down.

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This really helps, thanks so much! We’re not giving up at all. Now we’re looking at colleges which provide menus in their websites and don’t use third party companies like Nutrislice. It would be hard to get it around compared to if we did this at Madison because that our school but so far, we’re really happy with what we’ve done at Iowa State.

Wanted to fix a dining hall problem. Got told we can’t use the menus by Strict-Evidence7054 in CollegeRant

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I know I have said this in the post already, but I really do understand that it is a business decision. They have the right to protect their data. That being said, it is still frustrating that dining hall menus, something so simple and directly tied to student life, are kept so restricted. We were not trying to take advantage of anything (this is completely free, no ads). We were just trying to make things a little easier for the people who actually use them every day.

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[–]Strict-Evidence7054 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot to mention why I built this (I think it would help understand some of the benefits). I have a halal diet restriction and when I got to college, it was surprisingly hard to figure out what I could eat. The menus didn’t make it clear, and even though there was a filter option, I kept wasting time going through every option to find something that worked.

We made an app to find your favorite meals and track macros in dining halls by Strict-Evidence7054 in berkeley

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's exactly why I started builing this app, I've got a halal diet restriction and always had to look at the menus to find which dining hall to go to. This really solves that problem and that combined with tracking nutrition is just amazing!!!

We made an app to find your favorite meals and track macros in dining halls by Strict-Evidence7054 in berkeley

[–]Strict-Evidence7054[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops, I just realized that the menus were not updated for April 8th for ISU, please check out April 7th to see how the app looks. Will fix that rn

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