Terms of service

Effective 12 November 2026

These terms cover the CommentTribe browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, this website, and the optional CommentTribe Sync server (together, "CommentTribe"). By installing or using CommentTribe, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please remove the extension.

What CommentTribe is

CommentTribe helps you follow the YouTube commenters and creators you care about. It keeps your lists and history in your own browser. How it handles your data is explained in the privacy policy, which is part of these terms.

YouTube and Google

• CommentTribe uses YouTube API Services. By using CommentTribe, you also agree to the YouTube Terms of Service. Google's handling of data is covered by the Google Privacy Policy.
• If you add a YouTube API key, or let CommentTribe make one for you, the key and its Google Cloud project belong to you and sit in your own Google account. You are responsible for that account, the key and its daily quota, and for following Google's terms for it.
• CommentTribe is not made, endorsed or supported by YouTube, Google, Mojang, Microsoft or Twitch. Their names and services belong to them.

Community Sync

Community Sync is off until you turn it on. When it's on, your install shares the YouTube IDs it finds with the Sync server and receives finds from other users. You agree that:

• the IDs you share can be stored and passed on to other CommentTribe users, as the privacy policy describes;
• you won't send fake or junk data, try to get around rate limits, or try to overload, break into or copy the server;
• uploads may be limited, checked against YouTube, or removed, and an install that misuses the server may be blocked.

Using CommentTribe fairly

Please use CommentTribe the way it's meant to be used: to follow people on YouTube for yourself. Don't use it to harass, stalk or target anyone, to collect people's data in bulk, or for anything that breaks the law or YouTube's rules.

Other people's content

Comments, videos, channel pictures, Minecraft skins and names shown in CommentTribe belong to the people who made them. CommentTribe only points to them or shows them as YouTube, Mojang and the other services make them available.

The software

You may install and use CommentTribe for your own use. The CommentTribe name, logo and code remain ours. Please don't sell CommentTribe, or publish modified copies under its name.

Changes and availability

CommentTribe is a small project. Features may change, and the Sync server or this website may go offline at any time, for a while or for good. YouTube, Google, Mojang or other services may also change in ways that stop parts of CommentTribe from working. Your data in your browser stays yours either way, and you can export it at any time.

No warranty

CommentTribe is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. We don't promise it will always work, be accurate, or find every comment. Keep your own backups of anything that matters to you.

Limitation of liability

As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for any loss or damage that comes from using CommentTribe or not being able to use it, including lost data, a used-up API quota, or problems with your Google account. Some places don't allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

Stopping

You can stop at any time by removing the extension, which deletes its data from your browser. You can also delete your API key and its Google Cloud project, as the privacy policy explains.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Using CommentTribe after that means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Questions about these terms: brandoblues@gmail.com