Terms of service
1. Who we are and what these terms cover
Search Like a Native is the browser extension “Search Like a Native for YouTube” and the website searchlikeanative.com with its API (together, “the service”). It is run by Marko Vujanic, a private individual in Switzerland (“we”, “us”). By installing the extension, creating an account or using the website, you agree to these terms. Our privacy policy explains what data we collect and why.
2. The service
The extension translates what you type into YouTube's search box into the language you choose, before the search is sent to YouTube. When you are signed in, your searches are saved to your account, and the website shows your history and statistics.
Machine translation can be wrong or odd. Search results come from YouTube, not from us, and we are not responsible for them or for videos you find.
3. Your account
- You sign in with a Google account. Your account is for you alone; keep your Google account secure, as anyone with access to it can use your Search Like a Native account.
- You must be at least 16 years old to create an account.
- You can stop using the service at any time. To delete your account and all your data, write to [email protected].
4. Free plan
The free plan includes a monthly allowance of translated searches, shown on the website's Plan page. When it is used up, your searches still go to YouTube, untranslated, until the allowance renews at the start of the next calendar month (UTC). We may change the free allowance; we will show the change on the website before it applies.
5. Premium
Premium adds unlimited translated searches, your whole search history and complete statistics. You buy it on the website's Plan page, billed monthly or yearly, in euros, Swiss francs or US dollars.
- Price. The price for each period and currency is shown on the Plan page and again at checkout, before you pay. It includes VAT or similar taxes where they apply.
- Payment. Payments are processed by Stripe. You pay by card (including Apple Pay and Google Pay). We never see your full card number.
- Renewal. Premium renews automatically for the same period, in the same currency, until you cancel.
- Cancelling. You can cancel at any time under “Manage subscription” on the Plan page. Premium then stays active until the end of the period you paid for and does not renew.
- Switching. You can switch between monthly and yearly under “Manage subscription”; the unused part of the current period is credited.
- Failed payments. If a renewal payment fails, it is retried for a few days while Premium stays active. If it still fails, your account returns to the free plan; your history is kept.
- Price changes. We will tell you about a price change at least 30 days before it applies to your next renewal, so you can cancel first.
- 14 days to change your mind. Within 14 days of first buying Premium, you can withdraw without giving a reason: write to [email protected] and we refund the payment in full. Apart from that and section 9, payments for a period that has begun are not refunded.
- Your statutory rights as a consumer under the law of the country you live in are not affected.
6. Acceptable use
Please don't:
- use the service to break the law or YouTube's terms;
- access the API other than through the extension or website, automate requests, or send data that isn't your own searches;
- try to get around the free allowance, interfere with the service, or access other people's accounts or data.
If you do, we may suspend or close your account. Except for serious or repeated misuse, we will tell you first and give you a chance to stop.
7. Your data and content
Your searches remain yours. You allow us to store and process them only to provide the service to you, as described in the privacy policy.
8. YouTube and Google
Search Like a Native is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by YouTube or Google. Your use of YouTube is governed by YouTube's own terms. If YouTube changes its website, the extension may stop working until we update it.
9. Availability and changes
We work to keep the service running and useful, but provide it “as is”, without a guarantee that it is always available, error-free or fit for a particular purpose. We may change features or stop the service. If we stop it, we will give at least 30 days' notice to signed-in users, give you a way to get a copy of your history, and refund any unused part of a paid period.
10. Liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss caused by slight negligence. Nothing in these terms limits liability for intent or gross negligence, for death or personal injury, or any other liability that cannot be limited by law, including your mandatory rights as a consumer.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms, for example when we add features. We will change the date at the top, and for changes that affect you materially we will tell signed-in users on the website or by email at least 30 days before they apply. If you don't agree, you can stop using the service and delete your account.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by Swiss law, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Courts at our place of residence in Switzerland have jurisdiction, but if you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country you live in and may also bring a claim there.