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Your #1 mission: Help build this wiki. We’re looking for contributors who care about protecting consumer rights. Here’s how you can get started:

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Don’t want to write a full article? No problem, here are other ways to contribute:

Want to understand the bigger picture? Read our Mission Statement to learn what we’re about.

Announcements

2025-10-04

The Consumer Rights Wiki is now open-source!

Head over to our GitHub at https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/crw if you're interested in helping out with the codebase.

2025-07-22

We've just launched an update to the create-a-page flow for most pages, which now includes a form! This new form will collect a few basic details about the specific article you're creating, and will use your answers to auto-populate a table which will provide machine-readable information for third party projects (for company and product articles, it will also populate the infobox in the template!). This information will be used by projects like the in-development browser extension, as well as anyone who wants to access some hard data on the Wiki's pages.

Check it out by hitting the create a page button in the sidebar!

2025-07-03

We're phasing out the Louis Rossmann video directory in favour of a more general Article suggestions page, created by the eminent JamesTDG!

This will allow anyone to contribute their (hopefully sourced!) ideas to the Wiki without needing to create a full article, and will provide an excellent repository of ideas for editors in need of inspiration.

2025-06-10

We're opening up applications for moderators! Please see here for full instructions on how to apply.

In short, we're looking for motivated individuals who are willing to patrol the Wiki, make sure that articles are up to scratch, and take actions to protect the wiki from spam or malicious content whenever appropriate.

2025-01-30

We made it easier for you to create a new article! Simply click on Create a page in the sidebar on the left, fill in the title for your page and click on "Create page".

Current Highlight




In October 2025, Bose announced it would end all cloud support for its SoundTouch product line on February 18, 2026. The shutdown will strip affected devices of streaming services, app control, and multiroom features, which are core components of the system’s design. Consumers have called the move planned obsolescence, noting it effectively bricks products still in working order. Despite backlash and petitions, Bose has refused to open-source the platform, offering only limited trade-in credits instead of allowing consumers to make full use of the device they purchased.




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In The News

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Consumer Tools

Ad & tracking blockers

  • Pi-hole – Self-hosted network-based ad blocker.
  • uBlock Origin – Efficient browser-based ad and tracker blocker.
  • LocalCDN – Replaces third-party CDNs with local resources to block trackers.

Anti-scam resources

Archival tools

  • Wayback Machine - World’s largest internet archival service
  • archive.today - Smaller internet archival service for excluded websites (ex: Twitter/X, Facebook)
  • SingleFile - Browser extension to save website EULA/privacy policy as html locally
  • ArchiveBox - Self-hosted website archival tool

Corporate accountability & recalls

Repair & Open designs

Price & product transparency

  • CamelCamelCamel – Amazon price tracker to detect deceptive price drops.
  • Keepa – Detailed price history and deals on Amazon products.
  • TrueStar – Analyzes Amazon reviews for manipulation. [Subscription needed]

Privacy & surveillance tools

  • PrivacyGuides.org – Recommends tools to protect online privacy.
  • SimpleOptOut – Direct links to opt out of data brokers.
    • EasyOptOuts – Automated data broker opt-out service. [Subscription needed]

Subscription & dark pattern tracking

  • Trim – Finds and cancels unwanted subscriptions.
  • Goodbudget – Budgeting app with debt tracker. [Subscription needed]
  • Terms of Service; Didn’t Read – Summarizes privacy policies and rates companies by trustworthiness.
  • Deceptive Design – Defines, identifies, and catalogs dark patterns and deceptive design practices in various software and services.
  • Dark Pattern Games – A game review website devoted to helping you find games that don't use psychological tricks to manipulate you into becoming an addicted gamer.
New Pages

17 October 2025

16 October 2025

15 October 2025

  • 10:0410:04, 15 October 2025 UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025 (hist | edit) [4,627 bytes] Bismod (talk | contribs) (In September 2025, the UK government announced the rollout of a mandatory digital ID system for all individuals seeking employment. Under the plan, every UK citizen and legal resident will be required to use a government-issued digital ID — stored on a smartphone or alternative device — to complete "Right to Work" checks. The system is framed as a tool to combat illegal employment, but critics argue it represents a significant erosion of privacy and autonomy. The move marks a major shift fro...)