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This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
|-
|[[Age verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
|-
|[[Airpods]]|| ||
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
|-
|[[Akelius]]|| ||
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
|-
|[[Allstate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ariston]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arlo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
|-
|[[Assioma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Axis]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Balena]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Belkin]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blink]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brainly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bungie]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
|-
|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
|-
|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canonical]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
|-
|[[Carly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
|-
|[[Change.org]]|| ||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chromium]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
|-
|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Class action]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Colgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Comcast]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cricut]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]|| ||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[DAZN]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deye]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discord]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
|-
|[[Doordash]]|| ||
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dymo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
|-
|[[EO]]|| ||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
|-
|[[EVGA]]|| ||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
|-
|[[Electron]]|| ||
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
|-
|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Etoro]]|| ||
|-
|[[Eufy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
|-
|[[EviCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
|-
|[[Extron]]|| ||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
|-
|[[FUTO]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[False advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
|-
|[[Figma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
|-
|[[Firefox]]|| ||
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Forced identification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced indemnification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
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|[[Ford]]|| ||
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|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[GitHub]]|| ||
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|[[Glance]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoGuardian]]|| ||
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|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
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|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
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|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
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|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
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|[[Greenwashing]]|| ||
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|[[Groupon]]|| ||
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|[[Guardzilla]]|| ||
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|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]|| ||
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|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
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|[[HP Dynamic Security]]|| ||
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|[[HP Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
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|[[HP Instant Ink]]|| ||
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|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
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|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]|| ||
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|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]|| ||
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|[[Happiest Baby]]|| ||
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|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]|| ||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]|| ||
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|[[Hikvision]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Home Bargains]]|| ||
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|[[Home Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Honda]]|| ||
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|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Huawei]]|| ||
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|[[Humane Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[ICloud]]|| ||
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|[[ID.me]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA]]|| ||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]|| ||
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|[[ILife]]|| ||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]|| ||
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|[[IRobot]]|| ||
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|[[Imgur]]|| ||
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|[[Inactive account deletion]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]|| ||
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|[[Infomaniak]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360+]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]|| ||
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|[[Instagram]]|| ||
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|[[Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]|| ||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Interchangeable parts]]|| ||
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|[[Internet Archive]]|| ||
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|[[Internet of things]]|| ||
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|[[Intuit]]|| ||
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|[[Itch.io]]|| ||
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|[[Itron]]|| ||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]|| ||
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|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]|| ||
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|[[Keurig]]|| ||
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|[[Keychron k13 pro]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kia]]|| ||
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|[[KingSong]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
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|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[Lamborghini]]|| ||
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|[[LastPass]]|| ||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]|| ||
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|[[Leadwerks]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Lebara]]|| ||
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|[[Lemmy]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]|| ||
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|[[Leo Express]]|| ||
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|[[Liberty Safe]]|| ||
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|[[Lieferando]]|| ||
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|[[Life360]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[LinkedIn]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
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|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Malicious compliance]]|| ||
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|[[Malwarebytes]]|| ||
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|[[ManyCam]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Mastercard]]|| ||
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|[[Maytag]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Medical equipment]]|| ||
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|[[Meetup.com account creation]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Memrise]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes Benz]]|| ||
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|[[Mercury Insurance]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 365]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
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|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
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|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[Monoprice]]|| ||
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|[[Motorola]]|| ||
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|[[Movies Anywhere]]|| ||
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|[[Mozilla]]|| ||
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|[[Mr. clinton the cat]]|| ||
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|[[Mullvad VPN]]|| ||
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|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]|| ||
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|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]|| ||
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|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]|| ||
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|[[NOYB]]|| ||
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|[[NProtect GameGuard]]|| ||
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|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT Flex]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Nanoleaf]]|| ||
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|[[National Security Agency]]|| ||
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|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Negative option marketing]]|| ||
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|[[Nestlé]]|| ||
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|[[NetLimiter]]|| ||
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|[[Netatmo]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Netgate]]|| ||
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|[[Newag]]|| ||
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|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]|| ||
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|[[Nike]]|| ||
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|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Nikon]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo 3DS]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro Pro]]|| ||
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|[[Nixplay]]|| ||
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|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Non-fungible tokens]]|| ||
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|[[NordVPN]]|| ||
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|[[Notability]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]|| ||
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|[[Now TV]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]|| ||
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|[[Octopus Energy]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus VR]]|| ||
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|[[Ofcom]]|| ||
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|[[Okkazeo]]|| ||
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|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]|| ||
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|[[OneDrive]]|| ||
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|[[OnePlus]]|| ||
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|[[OpenAI]]|| ||
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|[[Opera]]|| ||
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|[[Opt-out]]|| ||
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|[[Optimum]]|| ||
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|[[Optus]]|| ||
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|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]|| ||
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|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]|| ||
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|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK (game)]]|| ||
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|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]|| ||
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|[[PFAS cover-up]]|| ||
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|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]|| ||
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|[[PNC Bank]]|| ||
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|[[POCO X3 / X3 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PROCON]]|| ||
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|[[Palantir]]|| ||
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|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]|| ||
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|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]|| ||
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|[[Part pairing]]|| ||
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|[[Patreon]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal Honey]]|| ||
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|[[Payscore]]|| ||
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|[[Pearson]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]|| ||
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|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]|| ||
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|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]|| ||
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|[[Photobucket]]|| ||
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|[[Pinterest]]|| ||
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|[[Pitboss Grills]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 5a]]|| ||
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|[[Planned obsolescence]]|| ||
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|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]|| ||
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|[[Plex Media Server]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Plutus]]|| ||
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|[[Pocket Casts]]|| ||
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|[[Podkicker Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Incidents]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Individuals]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Legislation]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Organizations]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Products]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Protocols]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Services]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Software]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:User Guides]]|| ||
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|[[Positive practices]]|| ||
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|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]|| ||
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|[[Predatory microtransactions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
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|[[Price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Printer tracking dots]]|| ||
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|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]|| ||
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|[[Proton]]|| ||
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|[[Protonmail]]|| ||
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|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]|| ||
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|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Purism]]|| ||
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|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]|| ||
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|[[Qardio]]|| ||
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|[[Qualcomm]]|| ||
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|[[Quidd]]|| ||
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|[[Razer]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]|| ||
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|[[ReCAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[Reason Studios]]|| ||
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|[[Reckon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]|| ||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]|| ||
|-
|[[Redbox]]|| ||
|-
|[[Reddit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]|| ||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]|| ||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]|| ||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]|| ||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]|| ||
|-
|[[Right to own]]|| ||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ring]]|| ||
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]|| ||
|-
|[[Rivian]]|| ||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Roblox]]|| ||
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Roborock]]|| ||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]|| ||
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||Yes ||Internet Archive/Archive.today
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|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]|| ||
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|[[Roku]]|| ||
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|[[Rovio]]|| ||
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|[[Ryanair]]|| ||
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|[[STMicroelectronics]]|| ||
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|[[Sample individual]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Odyssey]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung SmartCam]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung TVs]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox/Welcome]]|| ||
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|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]|| ||
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|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]|| ||
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|[[Save Wizard]]|| ||
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|[[Scopely, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Screenshot blocking]]|| ||
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|[[Scribd]]|| ||
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|[[Seagate]]|| ||
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|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]|| ||
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|[[Seattle Avionics]]|| ||
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|[[SecuROM]]|| ||
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|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]|| ||
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|[[Secure boot]]|| ||
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|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]|| ||
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|[[Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]|| ||
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|[[Self-destructive design]]|| ||
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|[[Self-hosting]]|| ||
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|[[Sengled]]|| ||
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sezzle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Shopee]]|| ||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]|| ||
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|[[Sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Sig Sauer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]|| ||
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|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]|| ||
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Smart meter]]|| ||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]|| ||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Smartyplus]]|| ||
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|[[Snapchat]]|| ||
|-
|[[Software as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Software bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Software locks]]|| ||
|-
|[[SolaX]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sonos]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]|| ||
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|[[Sophos Limited]]|| ||
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]|| ||
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]|| ||
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Spotify]]|| ||
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Spyware]]|| ||
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]|| ||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]|| ||
|-
|[[Starlink]]|| ||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]|| ||
|-
|[[Steam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Steam and itch.io Game De-indexing]]|| ||
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]|| ||
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Subscription service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]|| ||
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]|| ||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]|| ||
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|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]|| ||
|-
|[[Synology]]|| ||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]|| ||
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|[[TD Ameritrade]]|| ||
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|[[TP-Link]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tado]]|| ||
|-
|[[Take Two]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
|-
|[[Target]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]|| ||
|-
|[[Team17]]|| ||
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|[[TeamViewer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]|| ||
|-
|[[Telegram]]|| ||
|-
|[[Telly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Telstra]]|| ||
|-
|[[Temu]]|| ||
|-
|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]|| ||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
|-
|[[The Economist]]|| ||
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tinder]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tonies]]|| ||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]|| ||
|-
|[[Toyota]]|| ||
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Twitch]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[UPS]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAA Bill Pay terms block access unless you agree]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAGov]]|| ||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]|| ||
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]|| ||
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]|| ||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]|| ||
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]|| ||
|-
|[[VMware]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Venmo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verizon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viber]]|| ||
|-
|[[VidIQ]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]|| ||
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]|| ||
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vitalant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio]]|| ||
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Valve

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Company = Valve Corporation
| Name = Valve
| Type = Private
| Founded = 1996
| Industry = Digital distribution, software development, hardware engineering
| Official Website = https://valvesoftware.com/
| Logo = Valve_Corporation_Logo.svg
}}[[wikipedia:Valve_Corporation|'''Valve Corporation''']] (also known as Valve Software) is a software distribution company, most known for being the owner of the distribution service [[Steam]]. Valve additionally develops tools frequently used by various professional and amateur creators, such as Source Filmmaker and the Source Engines, as well as manufacturing hardware items such as the [[wikipedia:Steam_Deck|Steam Deck]]. It was founded in 1996 by [[wikipedia:Gabe_Newell|Gabe Newell]] and Mike Harrington.

==Anti-Consumer Practices==

===Steam users do not own their games (2024)===
In October 2024, Valve added a note to Steam's payment checkout screen which states: "A purchase of a digital product grants a license for the product on Steam. For full terms and conditions, please see the Steam Subscriber Agreement." This is attributed to a law passed in California which requires storefronts to clearly state whether a consumer is purchasing a license for digital media.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Shakir |first=Umar |date=11 Oct 2024 |title=Steam now says the ‘game’ you’re buying is really just a license |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24267864/steam-buy-purchase-license-digital-storefront |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251214142023/https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/11/24267864/steam-buy-purchase-license-digital-storefront |archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref>

The licenses are tied to the Steam account, so if the consumer loses access to the account they will lose all the licenses with it.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=11 Oct 2024 |title=Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/steams-new-disclaimer-reminds-everyone-that-you-dont-actually-own-your-games-gog-moves-in-for-the-killshot-its-offline-installers-cannot-be-taken-away-from-you/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=PC Gamer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251117104943/https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/steams-new-disclaimer-reminds-everyone-that-you-dont-actually-own-your-games-gog-moves-in-for-the-killshot-its-offline-installers-cannot-be-taken-away-from-you/ |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref> Steam forbids consumers from transferring their licenses to other accounts, even if the accounts are owned by the same person that purchased the license. Steam forbids consumers from allowing other people to use their Steam account, even if passed down via a will.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Litchfield |first=Ted |date=2024-05-26 |title=You can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a will |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/you-cant-take-it-with-you-but-you-cant-leave-it-behind-either-valve-says-you-arent-allowed-to-bequeath-a-steam-account-in-a-will/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=PC Gamer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114134401/https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/you-cant-take-it-with-you-but-you-cant-leave-it-behind-either-valve-says-you-arent-allowed-to-bequeath-a-steam-account-in-a-will/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>

This is in contrast to Steam's main competitor [https://www.gog.com/en/ GOG], which states on its payment checkout screen: "A purchase of a digital product on GOG grants you its Offline Installers, which cannot be taken away from you."<ref name=":2" />

Some games downloaded through Steam can be played without the Steam client running.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251121055931/https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games |archive-date=21 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===PC version of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive replaced by Counter-Strike 2 (2023)===
Counter-Strike 2, previously available as a 'Limited Test' since March 22nd 2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Ali |date=2023-03-22 |title=Here's how to access the Counter-Strike 2 Limited Test {{!}} GamesRadar+ |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/counter-strike-2-limited-test/ |url-status=live |website=GamesRadar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251214114651/https://www.gamesradar.com/counter-strike-2-limited-test/ |archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref>, released on September 27th 2023, replacing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on [[Steam]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=Dustin |date=2023-09-27 |title=After 11 years of CS:GO, Counter-Strike 2 has officially replaced the biggest game on Steam {{!}} GamesRadar+ |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/after-11-years-of-csgo-counter-strike-2-has-officially-replaced-the-biggest-game-on-steam/ |url-status=live |website=GamesRadar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223173642/https://www.gamesradar.com/after-11-years-of-csgo-counter-strike-2-has-officially-replaced-the-biggest-game-on-steam/ |archive-date=23 Dec 2025}}</ref>. This removed access to Global Offensive for those who had purchased it, every mainline PC Counter-Strike game before Global Offensive (Counter-Strike<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counter-Strike on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/10/CounterStrike/ |url-status=live |website=Steam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251230014611/https://store.steampowered.com/app/10/CounterStrike/ |archive-date=30 Dec 2025}}</ref>, Counter-Strike: Condition Zero<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counter-Strike: Condition Zero on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/80/CounterStrike_Condition_Zero/ |url-status=live |website=Steam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228102653/https://store.steampowered.com/app/80/CounterStrike_Condition_Zero/ |archive-date=28 Dec 2025}}</ref> and Counter-Strike: Source<ref>{{Cite web |title=Counter-Strike: Source on Steam |url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/240/CounterStrike_Source/ |url-status=live |website=Steam |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251217184118/https://store.steampowered.com/app/240/CounterStrike_Source/ |archive-date=17 Dec 2025}}</ref>) can still be purchased and played on [[Steam]] through a separate library entry so this was an unprecedented move from Valve.

A legacy version of Global Offensive called 'CS:GO Legacy' was released on October 10th 2023<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-10 |title=Legacy CS:GO Version |url=https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-6369 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010111016/https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/73EF-08A3-0935-6369 |archive-date=2023-10-10}}</ref> after backlash from the Counter-Strike community towards the Counter-Strike 2 launch and Global Offensive replacement. This version can only be accessed while Counter-Strike 2 is installed<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilde |first=Tyler |date=2023-10-13 |title=How to play CS:GO now that Counter-Strike 2 is out {{!}} PC Gamer |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-still-play-csgo-at-least-if-you-consider-custom-servers-where-you-fight-final-fantasy-summons-playing-csgo/ |url-status=live |website=PCGamer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251211035203/https://www.pcgamer.com/you-can-still-play-csgo-at-least-if-you-consider-custom-servers-where-you-fight-final-fantasy-summons-playing-csgo/ |archive-date=11 Dec 2025}}</ref>. Valve committed to supporting this version of the game until January 1st 2024<ref name=":0" /> but in that support window ignored bug reports from the community such as Counter-Strike 2 servers appearing in the community server browser with no way to distinguish these servers from Global Offensive servers unless the server specified what game it was targeting in it's name. CS:GO Legacy received only one update<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-13 |title=Counter-Strike 2 History · Change #20663547 · SteamDB |url=https://steamdb.info/app/730/history/?changeid=20663547 |url-status=live |website=SteamDB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020235311/https://steamdb.info/app/730/history/?changeid=20663547 |archive-date=20 Oct 2025}}</ref> during its support window and this update didn't contain any public update notes so it is unclear what this may have fixed.

After the support window for CS:GO Legacy ended, numerous problems started occurring with the game. Global Offensive servers stopped appearing in the CS:GO Legacy community server browser<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-08 |title=CS:GO Legacy servers being rejected from Steam / CS:GO Legacy server browser listings · Issue #4047 · ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux |url=https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4047 |url-status=live |website=GitHub |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514162130/https://github.com/ValveSoftware/csgo-osx-linux/issues/4047 |archive-date=14 May 2025}}</ref> which meant that only external third party server browsers could be used to find Global Offensive servers and these servers have to be added manually unlike [[Steam]]'s server browser which finds and queries new servers automatically. As a point of comparison, the mainline PC Counter-Strike games released before Global Offensive (Counter-Strike, Condition Zero and Source) still have a functional server browser without needing third party intervention.

It also became impossible to use multiple weapons (M4A1-S, USP-S, CZ75-Auto, MP5-SD, R8 Revolver) in regular gameplay on vanilla servers without plugins as the loadout system used to switch between weapons and equip weapon skins was discontinued on CS:GO Legacy.<ref>[[File:CS-GO Legacy Inventory Message.jpg|thumb|Pop-up message after attempting to open the Inventory on the main menu of CS:GO Legacy, screenshot taken 23rd October 2025.]]
</ref> There was an unofficial method of re-enabling the loadout system so these weapons could be equipped and used in game but this method was patched in the May 8th 2025 Counter-Strike 2 update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Csgo_Legacy_2023 – BaseQ WiQi |url=https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |url-status=live |access-date=2025-10-24 |website=BaseQ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105023533/https://wiki.baseq.fr/Installation-Guides/Source/Csgo_Legacy_2023?revision=7fa46e#enabling-back-your-inventory |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Although patched for its intended purpose, some CS:GO Legacy community servers still require this method for players to join their servers.<ref name=":3" />
==Legal disputes==
Steam's predominance has led to Valve becoming involved in various legal cases.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)#Legal_disputes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251228142840/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)#Legal_disputes |archive-date=28 Dec 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Dispute Title
!Year started and ended
(if concluded)
!Background Information
!Aftermath
!Related Articles
|-
|''ACCC v. Valve Corporation''<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 Mar 2016 |title=Federal Court finds Valve made misleading representations about consumer guarantees |url=https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/federal-court-finds-valve-made-misleading-representations-about-consumer-guarantees |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=ACCC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251013070949/https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/federal-court-finds-valve-made-misleading-representations-about-consumer-guarantees |archive-date=13 Oct 2025}}</ref>
|2014–2016
|During this lawsuit, Valve was found by the Australian Federal Court to have refused to offer refunds for faulty or broken products.
|Users now have the ability to easily refund games they purchased, so long as they follow the refund policy.
|
|-
|''UFC Que Choisir v. Valve Corporation''<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Dec 2024 |title=Tough Times Ahead for Digital Video Game Resellers: French Supreme Court Ruling in UFC Que Choisir v. Valve |url=https://www.foxmandal.in/tough-times-ahead-for-digital-video-game-resellers-french-supreme-court-ruling-in-ufc-que-choisir-v-valve/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=Fox Mandal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204122942/https://www.foxmandal.in/tough-times-ahead-for-digital-video-game-resellers-french-supreme-court-ruling-in-ufc-que-choisir-v-valve/ |archive-date=4 Dec 2024}}</ref>
|2015–2019
(still disputed)
|UFC Que Choisir sued Valve on the grounds that users deserved to resell their digital licenses.
|Users in France had the right to resell their digital Steam library, overturned in October 2024.
|
|-
|''McLeod v. Valve Corp.''<ref>https://casetext.com/case/mcleod-v-valve-corp</ref>
|2016
|MacLeod started the first antitrust case against Valve Corp. over the sale of their games.
|Absorbed into another legal dispute; continues to be dismissed within Seattle courts.
|
|-
|''Wolfire Games v. Valve Corp.''<ref>https://casetext.com/case/wolfire-games-llc-v-valve-corp-7</ref>
|2021–2022
|The first notable antitrust case against Valve's unfair market manipulation of their games.
|Absorbed into another dispute/now a [[class action lawsuit]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=28 Nov 2024 |title=The antitrust lawsuit against Steam is now a class action, and that could have big repercussions for Valve |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-antitrust-lawsuit-against-steam-is-now-a-class-action-and-that-could-have-big-repercussions-for-valve/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=PC Gamer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251118020850/https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-antitrust-lawsuit-against-steam-is-now-a-class-action-and-that-could-have-big-repercussions-for-valve/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref>
|
|-
|''Sean Colvin'' (and various others) ''v. Valve Corporation, CD Projekt S.A., CD Projekt, Inc., Ubisoft Entertainment S.A., Ubisoft, Inc., Ubisoft L.A., Inc., kChamp Games, Inc., Rust, LLC, and Devolver Digital, Inc.''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date=28 Jan 2021 |title=Popular Gaming Platform Accused of Abusing Market Power Through Contracts |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/popular-gaming-platform-accused-of-abusing-market-power-through-contracts-4124057/ |url-status=live |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114174554/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/popular-gaming-platform-accused-of-abusing-market-power-through-contracts-4124057/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>
|2021 - Unfinised
|Five individuals in California sued Valve (among various other publishers) over participating in anti-competitive behavior with the Steam platform, most notably over the sale of games for lesser prices on other platforms.
|Not concluded because of indefinite postponement by Valve.
|
|-
|''Bucher Law PLCC v. Valve Corp.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bucher Law Steam Lawsuit |url=https://lawgud.com/lawsuit/bucher-law-steam-lawsuit/ |access-date=7 Apr 2025 |website=LawGud |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708174529/https://lawgud.com/lawsuit/bucher-law-steam-lawsuit/ |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webhttps://www.bucherlawfirm.com/_files/ugd/38f6ef_69ae2fee5c5548538d526669d99be533.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708174522/https://www.bucherlawfirm.com/_files/ugd/38f6ef_69ae2fee5c5548538d526669d99be533.pdf |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>
|C.A. 2021 - Unfinished
|A companion to previous lawsuits against Valve over their anti-competitive monopoly, this time covering consumers over their purchase of games on Steam.
|Not concluded, slowly being arbitrated.
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Valve Corporation]]

Projects:Archive everything

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This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
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|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
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|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
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|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
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|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[Acer]]|| ||
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|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
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|[[Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
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|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
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|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[Adobe]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
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|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
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|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
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|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
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|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
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|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
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|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
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|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
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|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
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|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
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|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
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|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
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|[[Anthem]]|| ||
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|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
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|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
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|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
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|[[Apple]]|| ||
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|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
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|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
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|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
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|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
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|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
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|[[Ariston]]|| ||
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|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
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|[[Arlo]]|| ||
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|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
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|[[Assioma]]|| ||
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|[[Asus]]|| ||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
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|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Audi]]|| ||
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|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
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|[[Audible]]|| ||
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|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
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|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
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|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
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|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Axis]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
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|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
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|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
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|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
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|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
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|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
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|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
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|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
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|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
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|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
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|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
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|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
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|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
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|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
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|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
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|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
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|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
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|[[Bungie]]|| ||
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|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
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|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
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|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
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|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
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|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
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|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
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|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
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|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
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|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
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|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
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|[[Canon]]|| ||
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|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
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|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Canonical]]|| ||
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|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
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|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
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|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
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|[[Change.org]]|| ||
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|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
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|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Chromium]]|| ||
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|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
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|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Class action]]|| ||
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|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
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|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
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|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
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|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
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|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
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|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
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|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
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|[[Colgate]]|| ||
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|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
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|[[Comcast]]|| ||
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|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
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|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
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|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
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|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
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|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
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|[[Costco]]|| ||
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|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
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|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
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|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
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|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
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|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
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|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
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|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
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|[[Cricut]]|| ||
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|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
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|[[DAZN]]|| ||
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|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
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|[[DJI]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
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|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
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|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
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|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
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|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
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|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
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|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
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|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
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|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
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|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
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|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
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|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
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|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
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|[[Deye]]|| ||
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|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
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|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
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|[[Discord]]|| ||
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|[[Disney]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
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|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
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|[[Doordash]]|| ||
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|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
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|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
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|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
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|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
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|[[Dymo]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
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|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
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|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
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|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
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|[[EBay]]|| ||
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|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
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|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
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|[[EO]]|| ||
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|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
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|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
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|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Ford]]|| ||
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|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
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|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
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|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
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|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
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|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
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|[[Greenwashing]]|| ||
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|[[Groupon]]|| ||
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|[[Guardzilla]]|| ||
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|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]|| ||
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|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
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|[[HP Dynamic Security]]|| ||
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|[[HP Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
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|[[HP Instant Ink]]|| ||
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|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]|| ||
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|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
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|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]|| ||
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|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]|| ||
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|[[Happiest Baby]]|| ||
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|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]|| ||
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|[[Helldivers 2]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]|| ||
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|[[Hidden EULA language]]|| ||
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|[[Hikvision]]|| ||
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Home Bargains]]|| ||
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|[[Home Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Honda]]|| ||
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|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Huawei]]|| ||
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|[[Humane Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[ICloud]]|| ||
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|[[ID.me]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]|| ||
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|[[ILife]]|| ||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]|| ||
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|[[IRobot]]|| ||
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|[[Imgur]]|| ||
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|[[Inactive account deletion]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]|| ||
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|[[Infomaniak]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360+]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]|| ||
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|[[Instagram]]|| ||
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|[[Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]|| ||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Interchangeable parts]]|| ||
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|[[Internet Archive]]|| ||
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|[[Internet of things]]|| ||
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|[[Intuit]]|| ||
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|[[Itch.io]]|| ||
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|[[Itron]]|| ||
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|[[Jailbreak]]|| ||
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|[[Jeep]]|| ||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]|| ||
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|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level driver]]|| ||
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|[[Keurig]]|| ||
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|[[Keychron k13 pro]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kia]]|| ||
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|[[KingSong]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
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|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[Lamborghini]]|| ||
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|[[LastPass]]|| ||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]|| ||
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|[[Leadwerks]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Lebara]]|| ||
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|[[Lemmy]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]|| ||
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|[[Leo Express]]|| ||
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|[[Liberty Safe]]|| ||
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|[[Lieferando]]|| ||
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|[[Life360]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[LinkedIn]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
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|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Malicious compliance]]|| ||
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|[[Malwarebytes]]|| ||
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|[[ManyCam]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Mastercard]]|| ||
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|[[Maytag]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Medical equipment]]|| ||
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|[[Meetup.com account creation]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Memrise]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes Benz]]|| ||
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|[[Mercury Insurance]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 365]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[VPN Secure]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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Value based pricing

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'''Value Based Pricing''' (VBP), also known as Value Optimized Pricing (VOP), or Surge Pricing, is the practice of setting the price of a product or service based on its estimated value to a specific consumer or at a specific time. This practice effectively gauges how much the consumer values what they are paying for before resorting to a competitor or creating their own solution.

==How it works==
A consumer subscribes to service '''x''' for $4.00. This is a service which offers movies, TV shows, and so on. To increase profits, the company may decide to collect information about how specific users use the app, along with other data purchased from external sources (such as data brokers) about the individuals in question to build detailed profiles which can be used to predict how much individual customers may be willing to pay to maintain access to the service. Having identified the customers who are likely to have a higher tolerance for price increases, the company then increases the price offered to those specific customers (e.g. from $4 to $6 per month), while continuing to offer the lower price to other users.

This is done under the assumption that the profiled individuals will be less likely to react to an increase in subscription costs, either because they don't consider the increase meaningful, or because they are not paying close attention to their expenditure. Even if some of the targeted group do cancel their subscriptions, the increased revenue from the remaining customers will likely more than offset the loss.

==Why it is a problem==

===Artificial price raises===
When renewing a subscription or purchasing an item, would you care if it was subject to price hikes regardless of how much profit the company is already making? Certain companies may have collected information about you that helps them identify how much you are willing to pay, or used 3rd party tools to approximate how much to charge you, '''the consumer''<nowiki/>', specifically.

===Price gouging individual or specific consumer groups===
With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Forbes |title=Are Airlines Spying On You- The Hidden Costs of Surveillance Pricing and How To Avoid Them |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927110156/https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-date=27 Sep 2025}}</ref>

===Targeted smart pricing with AI===
When doing any type of transaction online or in person, there could be some [[artificial intelligence]] (AI) assistant watching you. This can vary from your appearance, type of diction, clicking patterns, chat logs within the help sidebar, how often products are viewed, and how frequently you're looking at them. By automating all of this into a weighted model can be used to target users automatically by assuming their income bracket and adjusting prices accordingly instead of paying a marketing department do it for them. Smart pricing is the new method many companies embrace to maximize profit while reducing expenditures

==Examples==
[[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref>{{Cite web |author=DailyDot |title=Walmart Surge Pricing |url=https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203094358/https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-date=3 Dec 2025}}</ref> on its in-person retail products. Walmart denies this claim.<ref>{{Cite web |author=MSN |title=Walmart Is Replacing Its Price Labels with Digital Screens But the Company Swears It Won't Use It For Surge Prcing |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing }}</ref>

[[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.

[[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.

==Further reading==

*[[Financial censorship]]
*[[Price fixing]]
*[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Common terms]]

Value based pricing

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'''Value Based Pricing''' (VBP), also known as Value Optimized Pricing (VOP), or Surge Pricing, is the practice of setting the price of a product or service based on its estimated value to a specific consumer or at a specific time. This practice effectively gauges how much the consumer values what they are paying for before resorting to a competitor or creating their own solution.

==How it works==
A consumer subscribes to service '''x''' for $4.00. This is a service which offers movies, TV shows, and so on. To increase profits, the company may decide to collect information about how specific users use the app, along with other data purchased from external sources (such as data brokers) about the individuals in question to build detailed profiles which can be used to predict how much individual customers may be willing to pay to maintain access to the service. Having identified the customers who are likely to have a higher tolerance for price increases, the company then increases the price offered to those specific customers (e.g. from $4 to $6 per month), while continuing to offer the lower price to other users.

This is done under the assumption that the profiled individuals will be less likely to react to an increase in subscription costs, either because they don't consider the increase meaningful, or because they are not paying close attention to their expenditure. Even if some of the targeted group do cancel their subscriptions, the increased revenue from the remaining customers will likely more than offset the loss.

==Why it is a problem==

===Artificial price raises===
When renewing a subscription or purchasing an item, would you care if it was subject to price hikes regardless of how much profit the company is already making? Certain companies may have collected information about you that helps them identify how much you are willing to pay, or used 3rd party tools to approximate how much to charge you, '''the consumer''<nowiki/>', specifically.

===Price gouging individual or specific consumer groups===
With specific apps that you buy stuff from may collect your data without your consent. This allows companies to charge more for the same items that you may buy again later on. These apps likely also share this type of purchase history with other providers that share similar products for profit.<ref>https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927110156/https://www.forbes.com/sites/advisor/2024/12/09/are-airlines-spying-on-you-the-hidden-costs-of-surveillance-pricing-and-how-to-avoid-them/ |archive-date=27 Sep 2025</ref>

===Targeted smart pricing with AI===
When doing any type of transaction online or in person, there could be some [[artificial intelligence]] (AI) assistant watching you. This can vary from your appearance, type of diction, clicking patterns, chat logs within the help sidebar, how often products are viewed, and how frequently you're looking at them. By automating all of this into a weighted model can be used to target users automatically by assuming their income bracket and adjusting prices accordingly instead of paying a marketing department do it for them. Smart pricing is the new method many companies embrace to maximize profit while reducing expenditures

==Examples==
[[Walmart]] & Kroger plans of using smart pricing or "surge pricing"<ref name="WalmartSurge">[https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ Walmart Surge Pricing] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203094358/https://www.dailydot.com/news/walmart-surge-pricing/ |archive-date=3 Dec 2025</ref> on its in-person retail products. Walmart denies this claim.<ref name="WalmartLabels">[https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-replacing-its-price-labels-with-digital-screens-but-the-company-swears-it-won-t-use-it-for-surge-pricing Walmart Denies Surge Pricing]</ref>

[[Cloudflare]] charging you higher rates for the same plan as other users.

[[Doordash]] charging users hidden fees based on how they use the app and what device they were ordering from.

==Further reading==

*[[Financial censorship]]
*[[Price fixing]]
*[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Common terms]]

Projects:Archive everything

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This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
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|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
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|[[Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
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|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
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|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
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|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
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|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ariston]]|| ||
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|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arlo]]|| ||
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|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
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|[[Assioma]]|| ||
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|[[Asus]]|| ||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
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|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Audi]]|| ||
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|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
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|[[Audible]]|| ||
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|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
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|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
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|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
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|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Axis]]|| ||
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|[[BMW]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
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|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
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|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
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|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
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|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
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|[[Balena]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
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|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
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|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
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|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Belkin]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
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|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
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|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
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|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
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|[[Blink]]|| ||
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|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
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|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
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|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
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|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
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|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
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|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
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|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
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|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
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|[[Brainly]]|| ||
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|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
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|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
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|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
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|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
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|[[Bungie]]|| ||
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|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
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|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
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|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
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|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
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|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
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|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
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|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
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|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
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|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
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|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
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|[[Canon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
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|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Canonical]]|| ||
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|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
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|[[Carly]]|| ||
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|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
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|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
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|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
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|[[Change.org]]|| ||
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|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
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|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
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|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Chromium]]|| ||
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|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
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|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Class action]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
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|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
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|[[Colgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
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|[[Comcast]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cricut]]|| ||
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|[[Cryptic Studios]]|| ||
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|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
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|[[DAZN]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
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|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
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|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
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|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
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|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
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|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
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|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
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|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
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|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
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|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deye]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
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|[[Discord]]|| ||
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|[[Disney]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
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|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
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|[[Doordash]]|| ||
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|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
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|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
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|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
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|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
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|[[Dymo]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
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|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
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|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
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|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
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|[[EBay]]|| ||
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|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
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|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
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|[[EO]]|| ||
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|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
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|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
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|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[False advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Forced identification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced indemnification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
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|[[Ford]]|| ||
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|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[GitHub]]|| ||
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|[[Glance]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoGuardian]]|| ||
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|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
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|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
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|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Infomaniak]]|| ||
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|[[Internet Archive]]|| ||
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|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Keychron k13 pro]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
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|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
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|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Meetup.com account creation]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Memrise]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 365]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
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|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
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|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[Monoprice]]|| ||
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|[[Motorola]]|| ||
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|[[Movies Anywhere]]|| ||
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|[[Mozilla]]|| ||
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|[[Mr. clinton the cat]]|| ||
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|[[Mullvad VPN]]|| ||
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|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]|| ||
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|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]|| ||
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|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]|| ||
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|[[NOYB]]|| ||
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|[[NProtect GameGuard]]|| ||
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|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT Flex]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Nanoleaf]]|| ||
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|[[National Security Agency]]|| ||
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|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Negative option marketing]]|| ||
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|[[Nestlé]]|| ||
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|[[NetLimiter]]|| ||
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|[[Netatmo]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Netgate]]|| ||
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|[[Newag]]|| ||
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|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]|| ||
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|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]|| ||
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|[[Nixplay]]|| ||
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|[[Notability]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]|| ||
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|[[Now TV]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]|| ||
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|[[Octopus Energy]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]|| ||
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|[[Ofcom]]|| ||
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|[[Okkazeo]]|| ||
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|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Optus]]|| ||
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|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]|| ||
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|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]|| ||
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|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]|| ||
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|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]|| ||
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|[[PFAS cover-up]]|| ||
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|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]|| ||
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|[[POCO X3 / X3 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PROCON]]|| ||
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|[[Palantir]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal Honey]]|| ||
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|[[Payscore]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]|| ||
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|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]|| ||
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|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 5a]]|| ||
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|[[Planned obsolescence]]|| ||
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|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]|| ||
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|[[Plex Media Server]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Plutus]]|| ||
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|[[Podkicker Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar 2]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:User Guides]]|| ||
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|[[Positive practices]]|| ||
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|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]|| ||
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|[[Predatory microtransactions]]|| ||
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|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
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|[[Price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Printer tracking dots]]|| ||
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|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]|| ||
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|[[Proton]]|| ||
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|[[Protonmail]]|| ||
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|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]|| ||
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|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Purism]]|| ||
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|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]|| ||
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|[[Qardio]]|| ||
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|[[Qualcomm]]|| ||
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|[[Quidd]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]|| ||
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|[[ReCAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[Reason Studios]]|| ||
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|[[Reckon]]|| ||
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|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]|| ||
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|[[Red Ventures]]|| ||
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|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]|| ||
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|[[Remote disabling]]|| ||
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|[[RepairShopr]]|| ||
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|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]|| ||
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|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
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|[[ResellerRatings]]|| ||
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|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]|| ||
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|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]|| ||
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|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]|| ||
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|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
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|[[Richard Stallman]]|| ||
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|[[Right to own]]|| ||
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|[[Right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Ring]]|| ||
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|[[Riot Vanguard]]|| ||
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|[[Rivian]]|| ||
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|[[Robinhood Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Roblox]]|| ||
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|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]|| ||
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|[[Roborock]]|| ||
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|[[Rocksmith]]|| ||
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|[[Rockstar Games]]||Yes ||Internet Archive/Archive.today
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|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]|| ||
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|[[Roku]]|| ||
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|[[STMicroelectronics]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox/Welcome]]|| ||
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|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]|| ||
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|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]|| ||
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|[[Save Wizard]]|| ||
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|[[Scopely, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Screenshot blocking]]|| ||
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|[[Scribd]]|| ||
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|[[Seagate]]|| ||
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|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]|| ||
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|[[Seattle Avionics]]|| ||
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|[[SecuROM]]|| ||
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|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]|| ||
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|[[Secure boot]]|| ||
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|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Self-hosting]]|| ||
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|[[Sengled]]|| ||
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|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]|| ||
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|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Sezzle]]|| ||
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|[[Shopee]]|| ||
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|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]|| ||
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|[[Shrinkflation]]|| ||
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|[[Sig Sauer]]|| ||
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|[[Signal cloud backups]]|| ||
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|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]|| ||
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|[[SiriusXM]]|| ||
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|[[Sketchfab]]|| ||
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|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]|| ||
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|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]|| ||
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|[[Smart meter]]|| ||
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|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Smartyplus]]|| ||
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|[[Snapchat]]|| ||
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|[[Software as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Software bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Software locks]]|| ||
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|[[SolaX]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]|| ||
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|[[Sony]]|| ||
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|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]|| ||
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|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Sony x900h television]]|| ||
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|[[Sophos Limited]]|| ||
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|[[SoundCloud]]|| ||
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
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|[[Spectrum]]|| ||
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|[[Spore (game)]]|| ||
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|[[Spotify]]|| ||
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|[[Spotify Car Thing]]|| ||
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|[[Spyware]]|| ||
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|[[StarForce Technologies]]|| ||
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|[[Star Citizen]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]|| ||
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|[[Steam]]|| ||
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|[[Steam and itch.io Game De-indexing]]|| ||
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|[[SteelSeries]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]|| ||
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|[[Stop Killing Games]]|| ||
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|[[Storefront shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]|| ||
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|[[Stripe inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]|| ||
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|[[Subaru Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Subscription service]]|| ||
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|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]|| ||
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|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]|| ||
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|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Swiffer]]|| ||
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|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]|| ||
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|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]|| ||
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|[[Synology]]|| ||
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]|| ||
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|[[TD Ameritrade]]|| ||
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|[[TP-Link]]|| ||
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|[[Tado]]|| ||
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|[[Take Two]]|| ||
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|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
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|[[Target]]|| ||
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|[[Tea Dating Advice]]|| ||
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|[[Team17]]|| ||
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|[[TeamViewer]]|| ||
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|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
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|[[Telecom Egypt]]|| ||
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|[[Telegram]]|| ||
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|[[Telly]]|| ||
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|[[Telstra]]|| ||
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|[[Temu]]|| ||
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|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
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|[[The Economist]]|| ||
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|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
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|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
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|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
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|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
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|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
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|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
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|[[TikTok]]|| ||
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VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom

2026-01-05T02:06:48Z

Sgath92: fixed error

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Broadcom Inc.
|StartDate=2023-11-22
|Status=Active
|Product=VMware
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Terms of Service
|Description=Broadcom ended perpetual VMware licenses and changed to a subscription based model.
}}On 22 November 2023, [[Broadcom Inc.]] completed the acquisition of VMware for $61 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-completes-acquisition-vmware |title=Broadcom Completes Acquisition of VMware |website=Broadcom Inc. |date=2023-11-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251217124315/https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-completes-acquisition-vmware |archive-date=17 Dec 2025}}</ref> Perpetual licenses for the software were ended and changed to a subscription-based model.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/01/22/vmware-end-of-availability-of-perpetual-licensing-and-saas-services/ |title=VMware End Of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services |website=VMware Cloud Foundation Blog |date=2024-01-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251115013106/https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/01/22/vmware-end-of-availability-of-perpetual-licensing-and-saas-services/ |archive-date=15 Nov 2025}}</ref> Customers report that this new model results in higher overall pricing for their use of VMware, with documented increases ranging from 800% to 1,500%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/euro_cloud_body_ecco_says_broadcom_licensing_unfair/ |title=VMware price hikes? 800-1,500%, claim Euro customers |website=The Register |date=2025-05-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213164200/https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/euro_cloud_body_ecco_says_broadcom_licensing_unfair/ |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> Several notable businesses who are customers of VMware have started legal action against Broadcom.

==Background==
===Acquisition timeline & strategy===
Broadcom announced its intent to acquire VMware on May 26, 2022, for approximately $61 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelfutures.com/channel-business/the-broadcom-vmware-acquisition-a-complete-timeline |title=The Broadcom VMware Acquisition: A Complete Timeline |website=Channel Futures |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> The acquisition completed on November 22, 2023, following regulatory approvals from multiple jurisdictions.

In 2025, Broadcom initiated the second phase of its VMware consolidation.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-vcf-adoption-second-phase/759406/ |title=Broadcom enters 'second phase' of VMware consolidation |website=CIO Dive |date=2025-09-05 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251015042818/https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-vcf-adoption-second-phase/759406/ |archive-date=15 Oct 2025}}</ref> The CEO stated that "more than 90% of VMware's largest 10,000 customers have shifted from perpetual licenses to the subscription-based" model, though he clarified that purchasing licenses does not mean full deployment.<ref name=":2" />

===Business model transformation===
On December 11, 2023, Broadcom announced it would immediately stop selling perpetual licenses and discontinue support renewals for existing perpetual license holders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation |title=VMware by Broadcom Dramatically Simplifies Offer Lineup and Licensing Model |website=VMware News |date=2023-12-11 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514220844/https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation |archive-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> The company reduced VMware's portfolio from approximately 200 products to four core subscription bundles: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation as primary offerings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://redresscompliance.com/broadcom-vmware-licensing-and-subscription-changes-explained/ |title=Broadcom VMware Licensing Changes Explained |website=Redress Compliance |date=2024-03-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201034109/https://redresscompliance.com/broadcom-vmware-licensing-and-subscription-changes-explained/ |archive-date=1 Dec 2025}}</ref>

Besides the new pricing models since the acquisition, Broadcom increased the minimum amount of cores from 16 to 72 cores in April 2025, which must be paid irrespective of usage of the 72 cores.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colocationplus.com/blog/vmware-price-increase-in-2025-what-you-need-to-know |title=VMware Price Increase in 2025: What You Need to Know |website=ColocationPLUS |date=2025-05-06 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250911035014/https://www.colocationplus.com/blog/vmware-price-increase-in-2025-what-you-need-to-know |archive-date=11 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arrow_vmware_licensing_change/ |title=VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores |website=The Register |date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114194646/https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arrow_vmware_licensing_change/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref> However, following a ton of industry backlash, Broadcom completely reversed this decision in April 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licenseware.io/major-update-for-vmware-customers-min-licensing-requirement-increases-from-16-to-72-cores/ |title=Major Update for VMware Customers: minimum purchase requirement of 72 cores per product |website=Licenseware |date=2025-04-02 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251018081342/https://licenseware.io/major-update-for-vmware-customers-min-licensing-requirement-increases-from-16-to-72-cores/ |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref> In addition, being late with license renewal causes an additional 20% cost penalty.<ref name=":3" />

===Focus on enterprise customers===
CEO Hock Tan explicitly stated that while VMware has 300,000 customers, Broadcom sees "the top 10,000 as being people where it makes a lot of sense, derive a lot of value in deploying private cloud using VCF."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadcom-ceo-not-sure-its-worth-targeting-smaller-vmware-customers/ |title=Broadcom CEO not sure it's worth targeting smaller VMware customers |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919151131/https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadcom-ceo-not-sure-its-worth-targeting-smaller-vmware-customers/ |archive-date=19 Sep 2025}}</ref> This strategic narrowing focuses on approximately 600 strategic enterprise accounts while pushing smaller customers toward alternatives.

==End of perpetual licenses==
===Implementation and enforcement===
Beginning in May 2025, Broadcom began sending cease-and-desist letters to customers using perpetual licenses without active support contracts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelfutures.com/cloud/broadcom-to-perpetual-vmware-users-cease-and-desist |title=Broadcom to Perpetual VMware Users: Cease and Desist |website=Channel Futures |date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> Customers were informed they must immediately discontinue use of VMware products unless they transition to subscription licensing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1856255/vmware-perpetual-license-holders-receive-cease-and-desist-letters-from-broadcom |title=VMware Perpetual License Holders Receive Cease-And-Desist Letters From Broadcom |website=Slashdot |date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250509082419/https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1856255/vmware-perpetual-license-holders-receive-cease-and-desist-letters-from-broadcom |archive-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

VMware customers must now commit to three-year subscription terms for license renewals, a requirement that has generated significant customer resistance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/customers_gripe_at_threeyear_commitment/ |title=VMware users unhappy at 3-year commitment to renew licenses |website=The Register |date=2025-01-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251114090333/https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/customers_gripe_at_threeyear_commitment/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===Broadcom's response===
Broadcom argues that they have listened to their customers. In an April 2024 blog post, CEO Hock Tan stated that subscription licensing ''"eliminates incentives"'' for confusing pricing practices common in the software industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadcom.com/blog/a-changing-market-landscape-requires-constant-evolution-our-mission-for-vmware-customers |title=A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: our mission for VMware customers |website=Broadcom |date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> He also announced that customers needing additional time for migration could receive support extensions, though specific terms were not disclosed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/broadcom-ceo-tan-says-vmware-customers-can-get-support-extensions-amid |title=Broadcom CEO Tan says VMware customers can get support extensions amid subscription transition |website=Constellation Research |date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251107031713/https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/broadcom-ceo-tan-says-vmware-customers-can-get-support-extensions-amid |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Lawsuits==
===Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat v. Broadcom Inc.)===
On Friday, June 27, 2025, the District Court of The Hague granted Rijkswaterstaat's (RWS) request in case ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |title=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |website=De Rechtspraak |date=2025-06-27 |access-date=2025-09-08 |language=nl |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707190722/https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |archive-date=7 Jul 2025}}</ref> Broadcom must continue to provide RWS with support for a period of 2 years under the existing conditions and price of €1,765,191 annually, with penalties of €250,000 per day for non-compliance up to €25 million maximum.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://openrijk.nl/en/rijksinstellingen/rijkswaterstaat/artikel/rijkswaterstaat-wint-kort-geding-tegen-broadcom-over-voortzetting-van-support/rijkswaterstaat-wins-summary-proceedings-against-broadcom-over-continuation-of-support |title=Rijkswaterstaat wins summary proceedings against Broadcom over continuation of support |website=Openrijk |date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105011658/https://openrijk.nl/en/rijksinstellingen/rijkswaterstaat/artikel/rijkswaterstaat-wint-kort-geding-tegen-broadcom-over-voortzetting-van-support/rijkswaterstaat-wins-summary-proceedings-against-broadcom-over-continuation-of-support |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref>

The judge ruled: <blockquote>"Unlike Broadcom et al. have stated, there was [thus] no question of free commercial negotiations between two large professional parties; one could say that RWS was in a bind. The judge ruled that RWS must be allowed to part ways with VMware/Broadcom and still receive support during that process. By failing to do so, Broadcom acts in violation of the care that is owed to RWS in social traffic."<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote>The court noted that RWS manages critical infrastructure including Dutch tunnels, locks, and bridges, and faced an 85% price increase from Broadcom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/4015489/dutch-court-forces-broadcom-to-support-vmware-migration-after-85-price-hike-backlash.html |title=Dutch court forces Broadcom to support VMware migration after 85% price hike backlash |website=Network World |date=2025-06-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250911222039/https://www.networkworld.com/article/4015489/dutch-court-forces-broadcom-to-support-vmware-migration-after-85-price-hike-backlash.html |archive-date=11 Sep 2025}}</ref>

===European Cloud Providers===
On July 30, 2025, the trade body for European Cloud providers CISPE started legal action against the European Commission.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://licenseware.io/european-cloud-providers-drag-broadcoms-vmware-deal-into-court/ |title=European Cloud Providers Drag Broadcom's VMware Deal into Court |website=Licenseware |date=2025-07-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919151832/https://licenseware.io/european-cloud-providers-drag-broadcoms-vmware-deal-into-court/ |archive-date=19 Sep 2025}}</ref> The legal action focuses on the acquisition approval by the EU Commission; arguing the remedies taken were "irrelevant to the real threat."<ref name=":1" /> CISPE seeks to annul the Commission's approval, citing "errors in law and manifest failures" in competitive assessment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cispe.cloud/cispe-takes-european-commission-to-court-to-annul-approval-of-broadcoms-acquisition-of-vmware/ |title=CISPE Takes European Commission to Court to Annul Approval of Broadcom's Acquisition of VMware |website=CISPE |date=2025-07-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251215012241/https://www.cispe.cloud/cispe-takes-european-commission-to-court-to-annul-approval-of-broadcoms-acquisition-of-vmware/ |archive-date=15 Dec 2025}}</ref>

===AT&T===
AT&T filed suit against Broadcom in August 2024, alleging a 1,050% price increase from approximately $2 million to over $20 million annually for 75,000 virtual machines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |title=AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise |website=The Register |date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251128045252/https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref> The lawsuit documented that migrating away from VMware would cost AT&T an estimated $40-50 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366610359/ATT-sues-Broadcom-over-VMware-support-licensing |title=AT&T sues Broadcom over VMware support licensing |website=TechTarget |date=2024-08-29 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251115003822/https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366610359/ATT-sues-Broadcom-over-VMware-support-licensing |archive-date=15 Nov 2025}}</ref> AT&T warned of potential impacts to critical services including FirstNet emergency communications.

On November 21, 2024, AT&T reached a settlement-in-principle with Broadcom.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url=https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-att-vmware-settlement-licensing-support-lawsuit/733763/ |title=Broadcom, AT&T reach settlement in VMware legal dispute |website=CIO Dive |date=2024-11-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814074513/https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-att-vmware-settlement-licensing-support-lawsuit/733763/ |archive-date=14 Aug 2025}}</ref> The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but it is clear that AT&T is moving away from doing business with Broadcom.<ref name=":4" /> In the case, Broadcom argued to the court that they did not have to give support as AT&T did not renew their license.

===Tesco===
On September 3, 2025, Tesco filed suit against Broadcom seeking £100 million in damages.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/tesco_sues_vmware_broadcom_computacenter/ |title=Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract |website=The Register |date=2025-09-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251223102412/https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/tesco_sues_vmware_broadcom_computacenter/ |archive-date=23 Dec 2025}}</ref> The UK's largest supermarket chain warned of potential disruption to UK and Ireland food supplies, as it operates 40,000 virtual workloads supporting point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and logistics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/cloud/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-warns-food-supply-could-be-hit |title=Tesco sues Broadcom over VMware licensing, warns food supply could be hit |website=Computing |date=2025-09-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250916101357/https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/cloud/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-warns-food-supply-could-be-hit |archive-date=16 Sep 2025}}</ref> Tesco alleges Broadcom breached perpetual license contracts valid until 2026 with extension options, denied promised software upgrades, and restricted security patches to subscription customers only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techstrong.it/featured/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-citing-operational-risks/ |title=Tesco Sues Broadcom Over VMware Licensing, Citing Operational Risks |website=Techstrong IT |date=2025-09-04 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251009194123/https://techstrong.it/featured/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-citing-operational-risks/ |archive-date=9 Oct 2025}}</ref>

===Siemens===
In March 2025, VMware filed copyright infringement charges against Siemens, alleging the industrial giant uses "thousands" of unlicensed VMware products.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/vmware_sues_siemens_for_using/ |title=VMware sues Siemens for using unlicensed software |website=The Register |date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251128045252/https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/vmware_sues_siemens_for_using/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref> VMware claims Siemens requested support renewal in September 2024 for products never properly licensed and refused to submit to an independent software audit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-siemens-licensing-lawsuit/744716/ |title=VMware feuds with Siemens in legal battle over software licensing |website=CFO Dive |date=2025-03-27 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418232611/https://www.cfodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-siemens-licensing-lawsuit/744716/ |archive-date=18 Apr 2025}}</ref>

==Regulatory investigations==
===European Union===
The European Commission approved the acquisition in July 2023 under case number M.10806 with significant conditions including 10-year commitments for technology access, interoperability APIs, and source code access to competitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3777 |title=Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, subject to conditions |website=European Commission |date=2023-07-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

On July 22, 2024, the European Commission initiated investigations, receiving complaints about the licensing model after Broadcom acquired VMware.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Art-182-RFI-CISPE-Broadcom-VMware-22-07-24-esigned.pdf |title=Case AT.40924 - VMware software licensing - Request for information pursuant to Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 |website=European Commission |date=2024-07-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105004544/https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Art-182-RFI-CISPE-Broadcom-VMware-22-07-24-esigned.pdf |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> The European Cloud Competition Observatory assigned Broadcom "red" status for critical anticompetitive risk in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cispe.cloud/ecco-reports-no-progress-with-broadcom/ |title=ECCO Reports No Progress with Broadcom |website=CISPE |date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251107154159/https://cispe.cloud/ecco-reports-no-progress-with-broadcom/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===China===
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) granted conditional approval with 10-year monitoring requirements prohibiting unjustifiable bundling and requiring maintained compatibility with third-party hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/15828-issued-samr-conditional-approval-of-broadcom-and-vmware-merger |title=China: Issued SAMR conditional approval of Broadcom and VMware merger |website=Digital Policy Alert |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260105004434/https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/15828-issued-samr-conditional-approval-of-broadcom-and-vmware-merger |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Multiple Chinese companies have since filed new complaints alleging post-acquisition abuse of dominance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlex.com/mlex/antitrust/articles/2274786/broadcom-s-vmware-sees-antitrust-complaints-escalated-to-china-s-samr |title=Broadcom's VMware sees antitrust complaints escalated to China's SAMR |website=MLex |date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

===Japan===
The Japan Fair Trade Commission launched an investigation in September 2024 focusing on forced bundling practices, conducting office raids in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/japan_vmware_broadcom_monopoly_investigation/ |title=VMware investigated by Japanese antimonopoly agency: reports |website=The Register |date=2024-09-25 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251125091553/https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/japan_vmware_broadcom_monopoly_investigation/ |archive-date=25 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
The UK Competition and Markets Authority provided unconditional clearance after examining over 250,000 internal business documents, concluding potential benefits of restricting competitors would be outweighed by loss of business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-clears-broadcom-s-deal-to-buy-vmware |title=CMA clears Broadcom's deal to buy VMware |website=GOV.UK |date=2023-08-21 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504133529/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-clears-broadcom-s-deal-to-buy-vmware |archive-date=4 May 2025}}</ref>

==Consumer response==
===Price increases===
Many independent surveys & documented cases confirm the 800% to 1,500% price increase range affecting VMware customers globally. The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) found that their members' costs for VMware increased 8 to 15 times compared to the previous pricing model.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-has-allegedly-hiked-vmware-costs-between-800-and-1-500-percent |title=Broadcom has allegedly hiked VMware costs between 800 and 1,500% |website=TechRadar |date=2025-05-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250915160445/https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-has-allegedly-hiked-vmware-costs-between-800-and-1-500-percent |archive-date=15 Sep 2025}}</ref> A CloudBolt Software survey of 300 VMware customers found 75% expect price increases exceeding 100%, with many reporting actual increases between 500% and 1,200%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/06/2894702/0/en/New-Report-from-CloudBolt-Software-and-Wakefield-Research-Unpacks-Real-Reactions-and-Key-Concerns-from-VMware-Users-in-the-Aftermath-of-Broadcom-s-Acquisition.html |title=New Report from CloudBolt Software and Wakefield Research Unpacks Real Reactions and Key Concerns from VMware Users in the Aftermath of Broadcom's Acquisition |website=GlobeNewswire |date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251128231805/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/06/2894702/0/en/New-Report-from-CloudBolt-Software-and-Wakefield-Research-Unpacks-Real-Reactions-and-Key-Concerns-from-VMware-Users-in-the-Aftermath-of-Broadcom-s-Acquisition.html |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref>

A Civo survey of 1,000 VMware customers found that 48.7% have already had to spend more to access the same features, with 99% expressing concern about Broadcom's actions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.civo.com/newsroom/vmware-customer-spend |title=Nearly half of VMware's customers already have to spend more to access the same features |website=Civo |date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111102115/https://www.civo.com/newsroom/vmware-customer-spend |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===Customer migration===
The reliance on VMware is high across many different sectors and is not something that can easily be replaced by other software.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/106547-loved-vmware-now-hate-customers-react-broadcom-changes.html |title="We loved VMware. Now we hate it": Customers react to Broadcom's changes |website=TechSpot |date=2025-01-29 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250404235927/https://www.techspot.com/news/106547-loved-vmware-now-hate-customers-react-broadcom-changes.html |archive-date=4 Apr 2025}}</ref> Despite this, major migrations are occurring:

*Computershare is migrating all 24,000 virtual machines to Nutanix AHV after receiving quotes for 10x to 15x price increases.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.webpronews.com/vmware-may-have-lost-a-24000-license-customer/ |title=VMware May Have Lost a 24000 License Customer |website=WebProNews |date=2024-12-17 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225214523/https://www.webpronews.com/vmware-may-have-lost-a-24000-license-customer/ |archive-date=25 Dec 2024}}</ref>
*GEICO migrated to OpenStack to avoid vendor lock-in.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/ |title=US insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack |website=The Register |date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251230224756/https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/ |archive-date=30 Dec 2025}}</ref>
*Beeks Group moved 20,000 VMs to the OpenNebula open-source platform after facing a 10x price increase.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techwrix.com/broadcom-loses-another-major-vmware-customer-beeks-groups-bold-move-from-vmware-to-open-nebula/ |title=Broadcom Loses another Major VMware Customer Beeks Group's Bold Move: From VMware to Open Nebula |website=Techwrix |date=2024-12-20 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251212061237/https://www.techwrix.com/broadcom-loses-another-major-vmware-customer-beeks-groups-bold-move-from-vmware-to-open-nebula/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref>

Industry research shows 52% of VMware customers are considering leaving the platform, with 56% planning to decrease VMware use over the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/civo_vmware_research/ |title=More than half of VMware customers looking for alternatives |website=The Register |date=2024-09-11 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251118142203/https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/civo_vmware_research/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Financial impact==
Despite widespread customer dissatisfaction, Broadcom reports strong financial performance from the VMware acquisition. Infrastructure software segment revenues reached $6.8 billion in Q3 2025, up 17% year-over-year, with VMware contributing $3.8 billion quarterly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/broadcom_q4_fy_2024_vmware/ |title=Broadcom turns VMware into a prolific money-making machine |website=The Register |date=2024-12-13 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251117224645/https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/broadcom_q4_fy_2024_vmware/ |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref> The company achieved $2.7 billion in annualized booking value and aims to grow VMware's revenue from $4.7 billion to $8.5 billion within three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/broadcom-bounces-vmware-operating-concerns/ |title=Broadcom bounces VMware operating concerns |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

Broadcom cut VMware's quarterly operating costs from $2.4 billion to $1.2 billion while increasing margins from below 30% to 70%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/ |title=Assessing Broadcom VMware Eight Months On |website=theCUBE Research |date=2024-07-20 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251221223646/https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/ |archive-date=21 Dec 2025}}</ref>

==Market alternatives==
The disruption has created opportunities for VMware competitors:

*Nutanix emerges as the primary beneficiary, with its Net Score jumping from single digits to 40% and adding 630 new customers in its most recent quarter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366617362/VMware-by-Broadcom-changes-to-continue-in-2025 |title=VMware by Broadcom changes to continue in 2025 |website=TechTarget |date=2025-01-14 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014081647/https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366617362/VMware-by-Broadcom-changes-to-continue-in-2025 |archive-date=14 Oct 2025}}</ref>
*Microsoft Azure Stack HCI now holds nearly 38% of virtualization market share versus VMware's 36%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/topics/8785/vmware/ |title=VMware - statistics & facts |website=Statista |date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926225139/https://www.statista.com/topics/8785/vmware/ |archive-date=26 Sep 2025}}</ref>
*Open-source alternatives including Proxmox, KVM, and OpenNebula see increased adoption particularly among cost-conscious mid-market organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spectrocloud.com/blog/vsphere-alternatives |title=Complete guide to modern vSphere alternatives for 2025 |website=Spectro Cloud |date=2025-01-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014103521/https://www.spectrocloud.com/blog/vsphere-alternatives |archive-date=14 Oct 2025}}</ref>

Gartner estimates 18-48 month timelines for organizations to move away from VMware depending on complexity, warning migrations will be "long, costly and risky."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/broadcoms-vmware-chaos-catalyzes-gartners-dhi-ranking/2024/10/ |title=Broadcom's VMware chaos catalyzes Gartner's DHI ranking |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-10-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:VMware]]
[[Category:Broadcom Inc.]]
[[Category:Software licensing]]

VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds

2026-01-05T01:59:12Z

Sgath92: fixed error

{{StubNotice}}

VOIPO LLC is a US based telecommunications company founded in May 2006 which provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427075023/https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-date=27 Apr 2025 |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=voipo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/voipo |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=crunchbase}}</ref>

==Customers Report Duplicate Billing==
As early as October of 2024 many customers who were enrolled in biennial autopay reported having been billed multiple times over a short period of time. Customers were typically paying approximately $185 every 2 years and many said that they were being unexpectedly charged for billing cycles many years in advance. VOIPO has reached out to some customers who brought up the issue on Trustpilot stating they would reach out to them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=Trustpilot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251004104025/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>
==Consumer response==
Several affected customers have called the charges fraudulent in reviews and on Reddit with many frustrated customers stating they were overbilled in excess of $1000 over a short period.

Many claimed that upon contacting customer support they were told it could take up to 30 days to issue a refund, other customers stated in reviews that they were told refunds would be processed however never received any a refund from VOIPO.

A common theme among complaints among customers experiencing the billing issues include: not noticing the charges initially as they had autopay enabled, customer service opening refund tickets that were never fulfilled, and having to contact their credit card provider to dispute charges. Some reviews from customers have noted that after spending significant time in contact with VOIPO customer service they were told by their card providers they could not complete a chargeback as too much time had passed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=@Ok-Cherry4250 |title=VOIPO.com Fraudulently Unauthorized Charges |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801153204/https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |archive-date=1 Aug 2025}}</ref>

As of May 2025 customers are still reporting this issue.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
[[Category:VOIPO]]

VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds

2026-01-05T01:58:30Z

Sgath92: fixed error

{{StubNotice}}

VOIPO LLC is a US based telecommunications company founded in May 2006 which provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427075023/https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-date=27 Apr 2025 |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=voipo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/voipo |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=crunchbase}}</ref>

==Customers Report Duplicate Billing==
As early as October of 2024 many customers who were enrolled in biennial autopay reported having been billed multiple times over a short period of time. Customers were typically paying approximately $185 every 2 years and many said that they were being unexpectedly charged for billing cycles many years in advance. VOIPO has reached out to some customers who brought up the issue on Trustpilot stating they would reach out to them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=Trustpilot |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251004104025/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>
==Consumer response==
Several affected customers have called the charges fraudulent in reviews and on Reddit with many frustrated customers stating they were overbilled in excess of $1000 over a short period.

Many claimed that upon contacting customer support they were told it could take up to 30 days to issue a refund, other customers stated in reviews that they were told refunds would be processed however never received any a refund from VOIPO.

A common theme among complaints among customers experiencing the billing issues include: not noticing the charges initially as they had autopay enabled, customer service opening refund tickets that were never fulfilled, and having to contact their credit card provider to dispute charges. Some reviews from customers have noted that after spending significant time in contact with VOIPO customer service they were told by their card providers they could not complete a chargeback as too much time had passed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=@Ok-Cherry4250 |title=VOIPO.com Fraudulently Unauthorized Charges |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801153204/https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |archive-date=1 Aug 2025}}</ref>

As of May 2025 customers are still reporting this issue.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
[[Category:VOIPO]]

VPN Secure

2026-01-05T01:57:35Z

Sgath92: fixed error

{{ProductCargo
|ReleaseYear=2010
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=VPN
|Website=https://vpnsecure.me
|Description=Virtual Private Network service.
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VPN Secure is a [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|virtual private network]] service that, from around 2018 to 2023, offered lifetime VPN service for a fixed, non-recurring price through online software storefront StackSocial. In 2023, InfiniteQuiant Ltd purchased VPN Secure from BoostNetwork Pty Ltd. In April 2025, thousands of these lifetime licenses were abruptly terminated, causing outrage among users.

==Incidents==
''Other incidents not listed here are found in the [[:Category:VPNSecure|VPNSecure]] category.''
===Acquisition and Deactivation===
VPN Secure was acquired by InfiniteQuant LTD in May 2023. According to their email to customers, they acquired "the technology, domain, and customer database — but not the liabilities." On April 28, 2025, all lifetime deal accounts were deactivated. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vigliarolo |first=Brandon |date=14 May 2025 |title=VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515211209/https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ |archive-date=15 May 2025 |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=The Register}}</ref> InfiniteQuant LTD is a company based in Nassau started by Frenchman Romain Brabant. The company offered expatriation to the Bahamas to reduce tax burdens. It is unclear why they may have purchased a VPN. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Epatriation aux Bahamas {{!}} InfiniteQuant.com |url=https://www.infinitequant.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216125557/https://www.infinitequant.com/ |archive-date=2025-02-16 |website=InfiniteQuant |language=fr}}</ref>

InfiniteQuant LTD claimed that they were not made aware of the lifetime subscriptions when they made the acquisition, stating: "Unfortunately, the previous owner did not disclose that thousands of Lifetime Deals (LTDs) had been sold through platforms like StackSocial."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=12 May 2025 |title=VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpnsecure-owner-says-it-had-to-cancel-unsustainable-lifetime-subscriptions/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251227045801/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpnsecure-owner-says-it-had-to-cancel-unsustainable-lifetime-subscriptions/ |archive-date=27 Dec 2025}}</ref> At least 500 lifetime subscriptions were sold through Stacksocial for $39.99. <ref>{{Cite web |title=VPNSecure Online Privacy: Lifetime Subscription {{!}} StackSocial |url=https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-secure-online-privacy-subscriptions?sid=zd-ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c-amp&aid=a-ceempx7z&c_correlation_id=ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c&c_tenant_id=src_1kYsAcdpfzbZ8UlNLYht1RPg3m2&srsltid=AfmBOopfHrB7l9r1Iw5rRmvyG-A9GK9cUvw8aX30gMubcF8l5NYwv2N3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816191114/https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-secure-online-privacy-subscriptions?sid=zd-ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c-amp&aid=a-ceempx7z&c_correlation_id=ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c&c_tenant_id=src_1kYsAcdpfzbZ8UlNLYht1RPg3m2&srsltid=AfmBOopfHrB7l9r1Iw5rRmvyG-A9GK9cUvw8aX30gMubcF8l5NYwv2N3 |archive-date=2025-08-16 |website=Stacksocial}}</ref>

===Inactive Account Policy===

In May 2024, VPN Secure's Terms of Service were updated with the following policy, regarding the deletion of inactive accounts:<blockquote>To maintain the integrity and efficiency of our services, any account with no active login for a period of six months will be automatically erased. Please note that this includes accounts with lifetime deal access.[[File:VPN Secure email to customers.png|thumb|E-mail sent to lifetime deal holders on the day of the shutdown, April 28th, 2025.]]If you have purchased a lifetime deal but fail to connect to your account within the specified six-month period, you will lose access to the lifetime deal. It is essential to log in at least once every six months to keep your account and lifetime deal active.

We encourage all users to maintain regular activity on their accounts to avoid deactivation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VPN Secure Terms of Service |url=https://www.vpnsecure.me/terms-of-service/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251202162627/https://www.vpnsecure.me/terms-of-service/ |archive-date=2 Dec 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

====VPN Secure's response====

VPN Secure hasn't responded to a support ticket asking to clarify the issue. However, affected customers report receiving emails claiming the new owners had provided "two additional years at no cost" as a "gesture of good will" and offering significantly discounted renewal rates.
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!3 Years
|-
|Current Price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pricing {{!}} VPNsecure.me |url=https://www.vpnsecure.me/pricing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814163215/https://www.vpnsecure.me/pricing/ |archive-date=2025-08-14 |website=VPN Secure}}</ref>
|$9.95
|$79.92
|$107.64
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|Discounted Price
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The company states they cannot issue refunds and directs customers seeking compensation to contact StackSocial or "the previous VPN Secure owner based in Australia."

==Consumer friendly alternatives==

*[https://mullvad.net/vpn Mullvad VPN]
*[https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN]

==References==
<references />
[[Category:VPN Secure]]

VRChat

2026-01-05T01:53:37Z

Sgath92: fixed error

{{Incomplete}}

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = VRChat
| Type = Private
| Founded = 2014
| Industry = Entertainment Software
| Official Website = https://hello.vrchat.com/
| Logo = VRChat_Logo.svg
}}

'''{{Wplink|VRChat}}''' is a digital application first released in 2014 by VRChat, Inc. While it is designed primarily for virtual reality, it is also available for desktop and mobile devices. The game focuses on social interaction and user generated content, such as worlds and avatars.

==Consumer impact summary==
*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.

==Easy Anti-Cheat controversy==
On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to {{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Virtual reality companies]]
[[Category:Forced arbitration]]
[[Category:End-user license agreements]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-01-05T01:52:45Z

Sgath92: /* The list */ did VRChat

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
|-
|[[Age verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
|-
|[[Airpods]]|| ||
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
|-
|[[Akelius]]|| ||
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
|-
|[[Allstate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ariston]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arlo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
|-
|[[Assioma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Axis]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Balena]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Belkin]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blink]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brainly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bungie]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
|-
|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
|-
|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canonical]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
|-
|[[Carly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
|-
|[[Change.org]]|| ||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chromium]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
|-
|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Class action]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Colgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Comcast]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cricut]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]|| ||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[DAZN]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deye]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discord]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
|-
|[[Doordash]]|| ||
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dymo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
|-
|[[EO]]|| ||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
|-
|[[EVGA]]|| ||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
|-
|[[Electron]]|| ||
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
|-
|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Etoro]]|| ||
|-
|[[Eufy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
|-
|[[EviCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
|-
|[[Extron]]|| ||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
|-
|[[FUTO]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
|-
|[[False advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fandom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
|-
|[[Figma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fiio]]|| ||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
|-
|[[Firefox]]|| ||
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced identification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ford]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fossify]]|| ||
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Friend app]]|| ||
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[GameStop]]|| ||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Geeni]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Motors]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
|-
|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Gillette]]|| ||
|-
|[[GitHub]]|| ||
|-
|[[Glance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoPro]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Groupon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]|| ||
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]|| ||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]|| ||
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]|| ||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]|| ||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hikvision]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]|| ||
|-
|[[Home Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Honda]]|| ||
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Huawei]]|| ||
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hyundai]]|| ||
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[ICloud]]|| ||
|-
|[[ID.me]]|| ||
|-
|[[IFTTT]]|| ||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]|| ||
|-
|[[IKEA]]|| ||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]|| ||
|-
|[[ILife]]|| ||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]|| ||
|-
|[[IRobot]]|| ||
|-
|[[Imgur]]|| ||
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|[[Inactive account deletion]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
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|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[Leadwerks]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[LinkedIn]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
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|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Maytag]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
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|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
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|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[Monoprice]]|| ||
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|[[Motorola]]|| ||
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|[[Movies Anywhere]]|| ||
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|[[Mozilla]]|| ||
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|[[Mr. clinton the cat]]|| ||
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|[[Mullvad VPN]]|| ||
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|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]|| ||
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|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]|| ||
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|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]|| ||
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|[[NOYB]]|| ||
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|[[NProtect GameGuard]]|| ||
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|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT Flex]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Nanoleaf]]|| ||
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|[[National Security Agency]]|| ||
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|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Negative option marketing]]|| ||
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|[[Nestlé]]|| ||
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|[[NetLimiter]]|| ||
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|[[Netatmo]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Netgate]]|| ||
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|[[Newag]]|| ||
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|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]|| ||
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|[[Nike]]|| ||
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|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Nikon]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo 3DS]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro Pro]]|| ||
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|[[Nixplay]]|| ||
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|[[NordVPN]]|| ||
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|[[Notability]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]|| ||
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|[[Now TV]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]|| ||
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|[[Octopus Energy]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]|| ||
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|[[Ofcom]]|| ||
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|[[Okkazeo]]|| ||
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|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]|| ||
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|[[OneDrive]]|| ||
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|[[Opera]]|| ||
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|[[Optimum]]|| ||
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|[[Optus]]|| ||
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|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]|| ||
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|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]|| ||
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|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK (game)]]|| ||
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|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]|| ||
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|[[PFAS cover-up]]|| ||
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|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]|| ||
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|[[PNC Bank]]|| ||
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|[[POCO X3 / X3 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PROCON]]|| ||
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|[[Palantir]]|| ||
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|[[Part pairing]]|| ||
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|[[Patreon]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal Honey]]|| ||
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|[[Payscore]]|| ||
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|[[Pearson]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]|| ||
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|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]|| ||
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|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]|| ||
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|[[Photobucket]]|| ||
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|[[Pinterest]]|| ||
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|[[Pitboss Grills]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 5a]]|| ||
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|[[Planned obsolescence]]|| ||
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|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]|| ||
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|[[Plex Media Server]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Plutus]]|| ||
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|[[Pocket Casts]]|| ||
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|[[Podkicker Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar 2]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Incidents]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Individuals]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Legislation]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Organizations]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Products]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Protocols]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Services]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Software]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:User Guides]]|| ||
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|[[Positive practices]]|| ||
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|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]|| ||
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|[[Predatory microtransactions]]|| ||
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|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
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|[[Price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Printer tracking dots]]|| ||
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|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]|| ||
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|[[Proton]]|| ||
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|[[Protonmail]]|| ||
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|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]|| ||
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|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Purism]]|| ||
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|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas]]|| ||
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|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]|| ||
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|[[Qardio]]|| ||
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|[[Qualcomm]]|| ||
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|[[Quidd]]|| ||
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|[[Razer]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]|| ||
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|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]|| ||
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|[[ReCAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[Reason Studios]]|| ||
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|[[Reckon]]|| ||
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|[[Red Shell tracker]]|| ||
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|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]|| ||
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|[[Red Ventures]]|| ||
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|[[Redbox]]|| ||
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|[[Reddit]]|| ||
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|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]|| ||
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|[[Remote disabling]]|| ||
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|[[RepairShopr]]|| ||
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|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]|| ||
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|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
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|[[ResellerRatings]]|| ||
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|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]|| ||
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|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]|| ||
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|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]|| ||
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|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
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|[[Richard Stallman]]|| ||
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|[[Right to own]]|| ||
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|[[Right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Ring]]|| ||
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|[[Riot Vanguard]]|| ||
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|[[Rivian]]|| ||
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|[[Robinhood Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Roblox]]|| ||
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|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]|| ||
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|[[Roborock]]|| ||
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|[[Rocksmith]]|| ||
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|[[Rockstar Games]]||Yes ||Internet Archive/Archive.today
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|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]|| ||
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|[[Roku]]|| ||
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|[[Rovio]]|| ||
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|[[Ryanair]]|| ||
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|[[STMicroelectronics]]|| ||
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|[[Sample individual]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung Odyssey]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung SmartCam]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung TVs]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox]]|| ||
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|[[Sandbox/Welcome]]|| ||
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|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]|| ||
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|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]|| ||
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|[[Save Wizard]]|| ||
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|[[Scopely, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Screenshot blocking]]|| ||
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|[[Scribd]]|| ||
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|[[Seagate]]|| ||
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|[[Seattle Avionics]]|| ||
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|[[SecuROM]]|| ||
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|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]|| ||
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|[[Secure boot]]|| ||
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|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]|| ||
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|[[Security]]|| ||
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|[[Security through obscurity]]|| ||
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|[[Self-destructive design]]|| ||
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|[[Self-hosting]]|| ||
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|[[Sengled]]|| ||
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|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]|| ||
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|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Sezzle]]|| ||
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|[[Shopee]]|| ||
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|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]|| ||
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|[[Shrinkflation]]|| ||
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|[[Sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Sig Sauer]]|| ||
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|[[Signal cloud backups]]|| ||
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|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]|| ||
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|[[SiriusXM]]|| ||
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|[[Sketchfab]]|| ||
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|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]|| ||
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|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]|| ||
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|[[Smart meter]]|| ||
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|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Smartyplus]]|| ||
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|[[Snapchat]]|| ||
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|[[Software as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Software bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Software locks]]|| ||
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|[[SolaX]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]|| ||
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|[[Sony]]|| ||
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|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]|| ||
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|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Sony x900h television]]|| ||
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|[[Sophos Limited]]|| ||
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|[[SoundCloud]]|| ||
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
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|[[Spectrum]]|| ||
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|[[Spore (game)]]|| ||
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|[[Spotify]]|| ||
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|[[Spotify Car Thing]]|| ||
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|[[Spyware]]|| ||
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|[[StarForce Technologies]]|| ||
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|[[Star Citizen]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]|| ||
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|[[Steam]]|| ||
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|[[Steam and itch.io Game De-indexing]]|| ||
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|[[SteelSeries]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]|| ||
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|[[Stop Killing Games]]|| ||
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|[[Storefront shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]|| ||
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|[[Stripe inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]|| ||
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|[[Subaru Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Subscription service]]|| ||
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|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]|| ||
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|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]|| ||
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|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Swiffer]]|| ||
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|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]|| ||
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|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]|| ||
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|[[Synology]]|| ||
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]|| ||
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|[[TD Ameritrade]]|| ||
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|[[TP-Link]]|| ||
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|[[Tado]]|| ||
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|[[Take Two]]|| ||
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|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
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|[[Target]]|| ||
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|[[Tea Dating Advice]]|| ||
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|[[Team17]]|| ||
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|[[TeamViewer]]|| ||
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|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
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|[[Telecom Egypt]]|| ||
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|[[Telegram]]|| ||
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|[[Telly]]|| ||
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|[[Telstra]]|| ||
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|[[Temu]]|| ||
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|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
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|[[The Economist]]|| ||
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tinder]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tonies]]|| ||
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|[[Top Contributors]]|| ||
|-
|[[Toyota]]|| ||
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|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Trump Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[Trusted computing]]|| ||
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|[[Turkcell Superonline]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Twitch]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[UPS]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAA Bill Pay terms block access unless you agree]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAGov]]|| ||
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|[[US Mobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]|| ||
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]|| ||
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]|| ||
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|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]|| ||
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]|| ||
|-
|[[VMware]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[VRChat]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Venmo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verizon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viber]]|| ||
|-
|[[VidIQ]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]|| ||
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|[[Virgin Media]]|| ||
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|[[Virtual Racing School]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vitalant]]|| ||
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|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]|| ||
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|[[Voice over LTE]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]|| ||
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|[[Volvo VIDA]]|| ||
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|[[Vont]]|| ||
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|[[Vulcan Strength]]|| ||
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|[[Vultr]]|| ||
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|[[WKDA GmbH]]|| ||
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|[[Wallbox Quasar]]|| ||
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|[[Walmart]]|| ||
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|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]|| ||
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|[[Waste ink counter]]|| ||
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|[[Waymo]]|| ||
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|[[WeTransfer]]|| ||
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|[[Wemo]]|| ||
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|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]|| ||
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|[[Western Digital]]|| ||
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|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]|| ||
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|[[WhatsApp]]|| ||
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|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]|| ||
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|[[Wikipedia]]|| ||
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|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Windows installation USB drives]]|| ||
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|[[Wink]]|| ||
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|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|| ||
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|[[Wondershare]]|| ||
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|[[World of Warcraft]]|| ||
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|[[Wyze]]|| ||
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|[[X-Mode Social]]|| ||
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|[[X Corp]]|| ||
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|[[Xbox]]|| ||
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|[[Xbox Network]]|| ||
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|[[Xcode]]|| ||
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|[[Xiaomi]]|| ||
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|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]|| ||
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|[[Xlear]]|| ||
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|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]|| ||
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|[[Yandex]]|| ||
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|[[YouTube]]|| ||
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|[[Youtube age verification]]|| ||
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|[[Yubo]]|| ||
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|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
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|[[Zyxel]]|| ||
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

VRChat

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{{Incomplete}}

{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = VRChat
| Type = Private
| Founded = 2014
| Industry = Entertainment Software
| Official Website = https://hello.vrchat.com/
| Logo = VRChat_Logo.svg
}}

'''{{Wplink|VRChat}}''' is a digital application first released in 2014 by VRChat, Inc. While it is designed primarily for virtual reality, it is also available for desktop and mobile devices. The game focuses on social interaction and user generated content, such as worlds and avatars.

==Consumer impact summary==
*'''Forced arbitration:''' VRChat's terms of service<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 Nov 2024 |title=Terms of Service |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20260103220003/https://hello.vrchat.com/legal |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref> includes a [[forced arbitration]] clause with a [[class action|class-action]] waiver. To opt out, you must send a letter containing your full legal name and your email address to VRChat Inc. within 30 days of agreeing to the TOS.

==Easy Anti-Cheat controversy==
On 25 July 2022, VRChat announced The VRChat Security Update. This update would force all PC players into running Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC for short) on their systems. Easy Anti-Cheat is a [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] developed by [[Epic Games, Inc.|Epic Games]]. In their blog post VRChat stated the update was done to block the use of modified clients and to improve user security by blocking malicious clients.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Jul 2022 |title=The VRChat Security Update |url=https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |url-status=live |access-date=22 Mar 2025 |website=[[VRChat]] |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251213054904/https://hello.vrchat.com/blog/vrchat-security-update |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> While this update succeeded in blocking PC clients, many of the clients were very popular at the time and offered many quality of life features. EAC has also raised numerous privacy concerns for how it operates on a user's system and what type of data it collects. EAC is also prone to crashing and causing {{Wplink|Blue screen of death|blue screens]]. This update also failed to cover the Meta Quest version of the game, which some malicious clients migrated to. Notably, clients that were used to {{Wplink|Ripping|rip}} avatars and user generated assets.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Virtual reality companies]]
[[Category:Forced arbitration]]
[[Category:End-user license agreements]]

Projects:Archive everything

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This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
|-
|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ariston]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arlo]]|| ||
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|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
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|[[Assioma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus]]|| ||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
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|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Audi]]|| ||
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|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
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|[[Audible]]|| ||
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|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
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|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
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|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
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|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Axis]]|| ||
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|[[BMW]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
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|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
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|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
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|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
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|[[Balena]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
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|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
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|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
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|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Belkin]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
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|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
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|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
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|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
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|[[Blink]]|| ||
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|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
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|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
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|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
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|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
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|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
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|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
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|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
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|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
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|[[Brainly]]|| ||
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|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
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|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
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|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
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|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
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|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
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|[[Bungie]]|| ||
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|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
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|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
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|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
|-
|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
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|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
|-
|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canonical]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
|-
|[[Carly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
|-
|[[Change.org]]|| ||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chromium]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
|-
|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Class action]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Colgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Comcast]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco]]|| ||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
|-
|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cricut]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]|| ||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[DAZN]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
|-
|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
|-
|[[Deye]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Discord]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
|-
|[[Doordash]]|| ||
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dymo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay]]|| ||
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
|-
|[[EO]]|| ||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
|-
|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[False advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Forced identification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced indemnification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
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|[[Ford]]|| ||
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|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
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|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
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|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Synology]]|| ||
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
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|[[Target]]|| ||
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|[[TeamViewer]]|| ||
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|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
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|[[Temu]]|| ||
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|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
|-
|[[The Economist]]|| ||
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok]]|| ||
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tinder]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tonies]]|| ||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]|| ||
|-
|[[Toyota]]|| ||
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[Trusted computing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]|| ||
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Twitch]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]|| ||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[UPS]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAA Bill Pay terms block access unless you agree]]|| ||
|-
|[[USAGov]]|| ||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]|| ||
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]|| ||
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]|| ||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]|| ||
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]|| ||
|-
|[[VMware]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]|| ||
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]|| ||
|-
|[[Venmo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verizon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viber]]|| ||
|-
|[[VidIQ]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]|| ||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]|| ||
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]|| ||
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vitalant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]|| ||
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]|| ||
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]|| ||
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]|| ||
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]|| ||
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]|| ||
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vont]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]|| ||
|-
|[[Vultr]]|| ||
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]|| ||
|-
|[[Walmart]]|| ||
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]|| ||
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]|| ||
|-
|[[Waymo]]|| ||
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wemo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Western Digital]]|| ||
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]|| ||
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]|| ||
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]|| ||
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wink]]|| ||
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wondershare]]|| ||
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]|| ||
|-
|[[Wyze]]|| ||
|-
|[[X-Mode Social]]|| ||
|-
|[[X Corp]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xbox]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xcode]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]|| ||
|-
|[[Xlear]]|| ||
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]|| ||
|-
|[[Yandex]]|| ||
|-
|[[YouTube]]|| ||
|-
|[[Youtube age verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Yubo]]|| ||
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Zyxel]]|| ||
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

VPN Secure

2026-01-05T01:46:43Z

Sgath92: Archived missing references

{{ProductCargo
|ReleaseYear=2010
|InProduction=Yes
|ArticleType=Service
|Category=VPN
|Website=https://vpnsecure.me
|Description=Virtual Private Network service.
}}

VPN Secure is a [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|virtual private network]] service that, from around 2018 to 2023, offered lifetime VPN service for a fixed, non-recurring price through online software storefront StackSocial. In 2023, InfiniteQuiant Ltd purchased VPN Secure from BoostNetwork Pty Ltd. In April 2025, thousands of these lifetime licenses were abruptly terminated, causing outrage among users.

==Incidents==
''Other incidents not listed here are found in the [[:Category:VPNSecure|VPNSecure]] category.''
===Acquisition and Deactivation===
VPN Secure was acquired by InfiniteQuant LTD in May 2023. According to their email to customers, they acquired "the technology, domain, and customer database — but not the liabilities." On April 28, 2025, all lifetime deal accounts were deactivated. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Vigliarolo |first=Brandon |date=14 May 2025 |title=VPN Secure parent company CEO explains why he had to axe thousands of 'lifetime' deals |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515211209/https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/vpn_secure_axe_lifetime_deals/ |archive-date=15 May 2025 |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=The Register}}</ref> InfiniteQuant LTD is a company based in Nassau started by Frenchman Romain Brabant. The company offered expatriation to the Bahamas to reduce tax burdens. It is unclear why they may have purchased a VPN. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Epatriation aux Bahamas {{!}} InfiniteQuant.com |url=https://www.infinitequant.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216125557/https://www.infinitequant.com/ |archive-date=2025-02-16 |website=InfiniteQuant |language=fr}}</ref>

InfiniteQuant LTD claimed that they were not made aware of the lifetime subscriptions when they made the acquisition, stating: "Unfortunately, the previous owner did not disclose that thousands of Lifetime Deals (LTDs) had been sold through platforms like StackSocial."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=12 May 2025 |title=VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpnsecure-owner-says-it-had-to-cancel-unsustainable-lifetime-subscriptions/ |url-status=live |access-date=12 Aug 2025 |website=Ars Technica |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251227045801/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/vpnsecure-owner-says-it-had-to-cancel-unsustainable-lifetime-subscriptions/ |archive-date=27 Dec 2025}}</ref> At least 500 lifetime subscriptions were sold through Stacksocial for $39.99. <ref>{{Cite web |title=VPNSecure Online Privacy: Lifetime Subscription {{!}} StackSocial |url=https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-secure-online-privacy-subscriptions?sid=zd-ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c-amp&aid=a-ceempx7z&c_correlation_id=ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c&c_tenant_id=src_1kYsAcdpfzbZ8UlNLYht1RPg3m2&srsltid=AfmBOopfHrB7l9r1Iw5rRmvyG-A9GK9cUvw8aX30gMubcF8l5NYwv2N3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250816191114/https://www.stacksocial.com/sales/vpn-secure-online-privacy-subscriptions?sid=zd-ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c-amp&aid=a-ceempx7z&c_correlation_id=ea1790eba0524f29a74ab340d594c48c&c_tenant_id=src_1kYsAcdpfzbZ8UlNLYht1RPg3m2&srsltid=AfmBOopfHrB7l9r1Iw5rRmvyG-A9GK9cUvw8aX30gMubcF8l5NYwv2N3 |archive-date=2025-08-16 |website=Stacksocial}}</ref>

===Inactive Account Policy===

In May 2024, VPN Secure's Terms of Service were updated with the following policy, regarding the deletion of inactive accounts:<blockquote>To maintain the integrity and efficiency of our services, any account with no active login for a period of six months will be automatically erased. Please note that this includes accounts with lifetime deal access.[[File:VPN Secure email to customers.png|thumb|E-mail sent to lifetime deal holders on the day of the shutdown, April 28th, 2025.]]If you have purchased a lifetime deal but fail to connect to your account within the specified six-month period, you will lose access to the lifetime deal. It is essential to log in at least once every six months to keep your account and lifetime deal active.

We encourage all users to maintain regular activity on their accounts to avoid deactivation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VPN Secure Terms of Service |url=https://www.vpnsecure.me/terms-of-service/ |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251202162627/https://www.vpnsecure.me/terms-of-service/ |archive-date=2 Dec 2025}}</ref></blockquote>

====VPN Secure's response====

VPN Secure hasn't responded to a support ticket asking to clarify the issue. However, affected customers report receiving emails claiming the new owners had provided "two additional years at no cost" as a "gesture of good will" and offering significantly discounted renewal rates.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Pricing
!1 Month
!1 Year
!3 Years
|-
|Current Price<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pricing {{!}} VPNsecure.me |url=https://www.vpnsecure.me/pricing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250814163215/https://www.vpnsecure.me/pricing/ |archive-date=2025-08-14 |website=VPN Secure}}</ref>
|$9.95
|$79.92
|$107.64
|-
|Discounted Price
|$1.87
|$19.00
|$55.00
|}
The company states they cannot issue refunds and directs customers seeking compensation to contact StackSocial or "the previous VPN Secure owner based in Australia."

==Consumer friendly alternatives==

*[https://mullvad.net/vpn Mullvad VPN]
*[https://protonvpn.com/ ProtonVPN]

==References==
<references />
[[Category:VPN Secure]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-01-05T01:40:29Z

Sgath92: /* The list */ did Voipo

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
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|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ariston]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
|-
|[[Arlo]]|| ||
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
|-
|[[Assioma]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
|-
|[[Axis]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Balena]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Belkin]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blink]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brainly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bungie]]|| ||
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
|-
|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
|-
|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
|-
|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canonical]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One]]|| ||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
|-
|[[Carly]]|| ||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
|-
|[[Change.org]]|| ||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Chromium]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
|-
|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Class action]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Colgate]]|| ||
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
|-
|[[Comcast]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
|-
|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
|-
|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
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|[[Costco]]|| ||
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|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
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|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
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|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
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|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
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|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
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|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
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|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
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|[[Cricut]]|| ||
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|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
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|[[DAZN]]|| ||
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|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
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|[[DJI]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
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|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
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|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
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|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
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|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
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|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
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|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
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|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
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|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
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|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
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|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
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|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
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|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
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|[[Deye]]|| ||
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|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
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|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
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|[[Discord]]|| ||
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|[[Disney]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
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|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
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|[[Doordash]]|| ||
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|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
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|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
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|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
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|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
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|[[Dymo]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
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|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
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|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
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|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
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|[[EBay]]|| ||
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|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
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|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
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|[[EO]]|| ||
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|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
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|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
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|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[False advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Forced identification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced indemnification]]|| ||
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|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
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|[[Ford]]|| ||
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|[[Ford ad patent]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[GitHub]]|| ||
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|[[Glance]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoGuardian]]|| ||
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|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
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|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
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|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
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|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
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|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
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|[[Greenwashing]]|| ||
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|[[Groupon]]|| ||
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|[[Guardzilla]]|| ||
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]|| ||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]|| ||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]|| ||
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|[[HP Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
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|[[HP Instant Ink]]|| ||
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|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]|| ||
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|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
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|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]|| ||
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|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]|| ||
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|[[Happiest Baby]]|| ||
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|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]|| ||
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|[[Helldivers 2]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]|| ||
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|[[Hidden EULA language]]|| ||
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|[[Hikvision]]|| ||
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Home Bargains]]|| ||
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|[[Home Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Honda]]|| ||
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|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Huawei]]|| ||
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|[[Humane Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[ICloud]]|| ||
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|[[ID.me]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]|| ||
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|[[ILife]]|| ||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]|| ||
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|[[IRobot]]|| ||
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|[[Imgur]]|| ||
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|[[Inactive account deletion]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]|| ||
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|[[Infomaniak]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360+]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]|| ||
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|[[Instagram]]|| ||
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|[[Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]|| ||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Interchangeable parts]]|| ||
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|[[Internet Archive]]|| ||
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|[[Internet of things]]|| ||
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|[[Intuit]]|| ||
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|[[Itch.io]]|| ||
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|[[Itron]]|| ||
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|[[Jailbreak]]|| ||
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|[[Jeep]]|| ||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]|| ||
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|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]|| ||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level driver]]|| ||
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|[[Keurig]]|| ||
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|[[Keychron k13 pro]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kia]]|| ||
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|[[KingSong]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[Lamborghini]]|| ||
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|[[LastPass]]|| ||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]|| ||
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|[[Leadwerks]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Lebara]]|| ||
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|[[Lemmy]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]|| ||
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|[[Leo Express]]|| ||
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|[[Liberty Safe]]|| ||
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|[[Lieferando]]|| ||
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|[[Life360]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[LinkedIn]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Malicious compliance]]|| ||
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|[[Malwarebytes]]|| ||
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|[[ManyCam]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Mastercard]]|| ||
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|[[Maytag]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Medical equipment]]|| ||
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|[[Meetup.com account creation]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Memrise]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes Benz]]|| ||
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|[[Mercury Insurance]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 365]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
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|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[Monoprice]]|| ||
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|[[Motorola]]|| ||
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|[[Movies Anywhere]]|| ||
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|[[Mozilla]]|| ||
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|[[Mr. clinton the cat]]|| ||
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|[[Mullvad VPN]]|| ||
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|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]|| ||
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|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]|| ||
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|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]|| ||
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|[[NOYB]]|| ||
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|[[NProtect GameGuard]]|| ||
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|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT Flex]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Nanoleaf]]|| ||
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|[[National Security Agency]]|| ||
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|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Negative option marketing]]|| ||
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|[[Nestlé]]|| ||
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|[[NetLimiter]]|| ||
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|[[Netatmo]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]|| ||
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|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Netgate]]|| ||
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|[[Newag]]|| ||
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|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]|| ||
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|[[Nike]]|| ||
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|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Nikon]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo 3DS]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]|| ||
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|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan]]|| ||
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|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]|| ||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]|| ||
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|[[Nitro Pro]]|| ||
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|[[Nixplay]]|| ||
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|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Non-fungible tokens]]|| ||
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|[[NordVPN]]|| ||
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|[[Notability]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing]]|| ||
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|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]|| ||
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|[[Now TV]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]|| ||
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|[[Octopus Energy]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]|| ||
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|[[Oculus VR]]|| ||
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|[[Ofcom]]|| ||
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|[[Okkazeo]]|| ||
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|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]|| ||
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|[[OneDrive]]|| ||
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|[[OnePlus]]|| ||
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|[[OpenAI]]|| ||
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|[[Opera]]|| ||
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|[[Opt-out]]|| ||
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|[[Optimum]]|| ||
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|[[Optus]]|| ||
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|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]|| ||
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|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]|| ||
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]|| ||
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|[[PEAK (game)]]|| ||
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|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]|| ||
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|[[PFAS cover-up]]|| ||
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|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]|| ||
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|[[PNC Bank]]|| ||
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|[[POCO X3 / X3 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PROCON]]|| ||
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|[[Palantir]]|| ||
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|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]|| ||
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|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]|| ||
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|[[Part pairing]]|| ||
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|[[Patreon]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal]]|| ||
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|[[PayPal Honey]]|| ||
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|[[Payscore]]|| ||
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|[[Pearson]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]|| ||
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|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]|| ||
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|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]|| ||
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|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]|| ||
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|[[Photobucket]]|| ||
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|[[Pinterest]]|| ||
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|[[Pitboss Grills]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Pixel 5a]]|| ||
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|[[Planned obsolescence]]|| ||
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|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]|| ||
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|[[Plex Media Server]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight]]|| ||
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|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Plutus]]|| ||
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|[[Pocket Casts]]|| ||
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|[[Podkicker Pro]]|| ||
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|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar 2]]|| ||
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|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Incidents]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Individuals]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Legislation]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Organizations]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Products]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Protocols]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Services]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:Software]]|| ||
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|[[Portal:User Guides]]|| ||
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|[[Positive practices]]|| ||
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|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]|| ||
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]|| ||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]|| ||
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]|| ||
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|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Rockstar Games]]||Yes ||Internet Archive/Archive.today
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]|| ||
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|[[Steam and itch.io Game De-indexing]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]|| ||
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|[[Stop Killing Games]]|| ||
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|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]|| ||
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|[[Stripe inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]|| ||
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|[[Subaru Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]|| ||
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|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]|| ||
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|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Swiffer]]|| ||
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|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]|| ||
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|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]|| ||
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|[[Synology]]|| ||
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
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|[[Target]]|| ||
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|[[Tea Dating Advice]]|| ||
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|[[Team17]]|| ||
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|[[TeamViewer]]|| ||
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|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]|| ||
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|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
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|[[Telecom Egypt]]|| ||
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|[[Telegram]]|| ||
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|[[Telly]]|| ||
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|[[Telstra]]|| ||
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|[[Temu]]|| ||
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|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
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|[[The Economist]]|| ||
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|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
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|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
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|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
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|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
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|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
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|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
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|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
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|[[TikTok]]|| ||
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|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]|| ||
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|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]|| ||
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|[[Tinder]]|| ||
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|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]|| ||
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|[[Tonies]]|| ||
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|[[Top Contributors]]|| ||
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|[[Toyota]]|| ||
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|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Trump Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[Trusted computing]]|| ||
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|[[Turkcell Superonline]]|| ||
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|[[Tuya Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Twitch]]|| ||
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|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]|| ||
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|[[UK Online Safety Act]]|| ||
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|[[UPS]]|| ||
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|[[USAA Bill Pay terms block access unless you agree]]|| ||
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|[[USAGov]]|| ||
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|[[Uber]]|| ||
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|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]|| ||
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|[[Ubisoft]]|| ||
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|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]|| ||
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|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]|| ||
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|[[UniTranslate]]|| ||
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|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]|| ||
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|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]|| ||
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|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]|| ||
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|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]|| ||
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|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]|| ||
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|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]|| ||
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|[[VMware]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[VPN Secure]]|| ||
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|[[VRChat]]|| ||
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|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Valve]]|| ||
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|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]|| ||
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|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Venmo]]|| ||
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|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]|| ||
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|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Verizon]]|| ||
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|[[Verkada Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Viber]]|| ||
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|[[VidIQ]]|| ||
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|[[Video Games Europe]]|| ||
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|[[Video game preservation]]|| ||
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|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]|| ||
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|[[Viessmann]]|| ||
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|[[Virgin Media]]|| ||
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|[[Virtual Racing School]]|| ||
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|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]|| ||
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|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]|| ||
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|[[Voice over LTE]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]|| ||
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|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]|| ||
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|[[Volvo VIDA]]|| ||
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[[Category:Projects]]

VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds

2026-01-05T01:39:33Z

Sgath92: Archived references except: Sites that blocked archive.org: Crunchbase

{{StubNotice}}

VOIPO LLC is a US based telecommunications company founded in May 2006 which provides Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250427075023/https://www.voipo.com/ |archive-date=27 Apr 2025 |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=voipo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/voipo |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=crunchbase}}</ref>

==Customers Report Duplicate Billing==
As early as October of 2024 many customers who were enrolled in biennial autopay reported having been billed multiple times over a short period of time. Customers were typically paying approximately $185 every 2 years and many said that they were being unexpectedly charged for billing cycles many years in advance. VOIPO has reached out to some customers who brought up the issue on Trustpilot stating they would reach out to them.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=VOIPO |url=https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=Trustpilot |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251004104025/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/voipo.com |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>
==Consumer response==
Several affected customers have called the charges fraudulent in reviews and on Reddit with many frustrated customers stating they were overbilled in excess of $1000 over a short period.

Many claimed that upon contacting customer support they were told it could take up to 30 days to issue a refund, other customers stated in reviews that they were told refunds would be processed however never received any a refund from VOIPO.

A common theme among complaints among customers experiencing the billing issues include: not noticing the charges initially as they had autopay enabled, customer service opening refund tickets that were never fulfilled, and having to contact their credit card provider to dispute charges. Some reviews from customers have noted that after spending significant time in contact with VOIPO customer service they were told by their card providers they could not complete a chargeback as too much time had passed.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=@Ok-Cherry4250 |title=VOIPO.com Fraudulently Unauthorized Charges |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |url-status=live |access-date=24 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250801153204/https://www.reddit.com/r/VOIP/comments/1fq0x4p/voipocom_fraudulently_unauthorized_charges/ |archive-date=1 Aug 2025}}</ref>

As of May 2025 customers are still reporting this issue.<ref name=":0" />

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Articles in need of additional work]]
[[Category:VOIPO]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-01-05T01:35:04Z

Sgath92: /* The list */ did VMware buyout page

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
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|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
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|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
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|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
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|[[Acer]]|| ||
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|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
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|[[Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
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|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
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|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[Adobe]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
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|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
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|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
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|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
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|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
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|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
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|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
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|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
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|[[Android]]|| ||
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|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
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|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
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|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
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|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
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|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
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|[[Anthem]]|| ||
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|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
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|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
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|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
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|[[Apple]]|| ||
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|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
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|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
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|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
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|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
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|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
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|[[Ariston]]|| ||
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|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
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|[[Arlo]]|| ||
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|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
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|[[Assioma]]|| ||
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|[[Asus]]|| ||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
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|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Audi]]|| ||
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|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
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|[[Audible]]|| ||
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|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
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|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
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|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
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|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Axis]]|| ||
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|[[BMW]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
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|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
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|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
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|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
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|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
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|[[Balena]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
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|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
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|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
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|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
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|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
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|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
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|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
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|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
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|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
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|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
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|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
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|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
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|[[Bungie]]|| ||
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|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
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|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
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|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
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|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
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|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
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|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
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|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
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|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
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|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
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|[[Canon]]|| ||
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|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
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|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
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|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
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|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
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|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
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|[[Change.org]]|| ||
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|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
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|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Chromium]]|| ||
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|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
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|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Class action]]|| ||
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|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
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|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
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|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
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|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
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|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
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|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
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|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
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|[[Colgate]]|| ||
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|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
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|[[Comcast]]|| ||
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|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
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|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
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|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
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|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
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|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
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|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
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|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
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|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
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|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
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|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
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|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
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|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
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|[[Cricut]]|| ||
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|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
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|[[DAZN]]|| ||
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|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
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|[[DJI]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
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|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
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|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
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|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
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|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
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|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
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|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
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|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
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|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
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|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
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|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
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|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
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|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
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|[[Deye]]|| ||
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|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
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|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
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|[[Discord]]|| ||
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|[[Disney]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
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|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
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|[[Doordash]]|| ||
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|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
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|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
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|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
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|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
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|[[Dymo]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
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|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
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|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
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|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
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|[[EBay]]|| ||
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|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
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|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
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|[[EO]]|| ||
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|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
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|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
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|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Formlabs]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[Glance]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
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|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
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|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
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|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
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|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
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|[[Greenwashing]]|| ||
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|[[Groupon]]|| ||
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|[[Guardzilla]]|| ||
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|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max]]|| ||
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|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]|| ||
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|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]|| ||
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|[[HP Dynamic Security]]|| ||
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|[[HP Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]|| ||
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|[[HP Instant Ink]]|| ||
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|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]|| ||
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|[[HP Reverb G2]]|| ||
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|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]|| ||
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|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]|| ||
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|[[Happiest Baby]]|| ||
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|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]|| ||
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|[[Helldivers 2]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com]]|| ||
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|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]|| ||
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|[[Hidden EULA language]]|| ||
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|[[Hikvision]]|| ||
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]|| ||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Home Bargains]]|| ||
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|[[Home Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Honda]]|| ||
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|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Huawei]]|| ||
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|[[Humane Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle]]|| ||
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|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai]]|| ||
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|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[ICloud]]|| ||
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|[[ID.me]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT]]|| ||
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|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA]]|| ||
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|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]|| ||
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|[[ILife]]|| ||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]|| ||
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|[[IRobot]]|| ||
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|[[Imgur]]|| ||
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|[[Inactive account deletion]]|| ||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]|| ||
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|[[Infomaniak]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360+]]|| ||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]|| ||
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|[[Instagram]]|| ||
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|[[Intel]]|| ||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]|| ||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Interchangeable parts]]|| ||
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|[[Internet Archive]]|| ||
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|[[Internet of things]]|| ||
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|[[Intuit]]|| ||
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|[[Itch.io]]|| ||
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|[[Itron]]|| ||
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|[[Jailbreak]]|| ||
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|[[Jeep]]|| ||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]|| ||
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|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]|| ||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]|| ||
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|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]|| ||
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|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]|| ||
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|[[Kernel level driver]]|| ||
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|[[Keurig]]|| ||
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|[[Keychron k13 pro]]|| ||
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|[[Keyshot]]|| ||
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|[[Kia]]|| ||
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|[[KingSong]]|| ||
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|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Kwikset Kevo]]|| ||
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|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]|| ||
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|[[LG]]|| ||
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|[[LG Bootloader incident]]|| ||
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|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]|| ||
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|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]|| ||
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|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]|| ||
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|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]|| ||
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|[[Lamborghini]]|| ||
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|[[LastPass]]|| ||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]|| ||
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|[[Leadwerks]]|| ||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]|| ||
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|[[Lebara]]|| ||
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|[[Lemmy]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]|| ||
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|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]|| ||
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|[[Leo Express]]|| ||
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|[[Liberty Safe]]|| ||
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|[[Lieferando]]|| ||
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|[[Life360]]|| ||
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|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]|| ||
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|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]|| ||
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|[[LinkedIn]]|| ||
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|[[List of Google products]]|| ||
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|[[List of companies]]|| ||
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|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]|| ||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]|| ||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]|| ||
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|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]|| ||
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|[[Litter Robot]]|| ||
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|[[LiveRamp]]|| ||
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|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech G HUB]]|| ||
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|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]|| ||
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|[[Loyalty cards]]|| ||
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|[[MIRC]]|| ||
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|[[MagicGate]]|| ||
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|[[Magic Leap]]|| ||
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|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page.css]]|| ||
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|[[Main Page/Portals]]|| ||
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|[[MakerBot]]|| ||
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|[[Malicious compliance]]|| ||
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|[[Malwarebytes]]|| ||
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|[[ManyCam]]|| ||
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|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]|| ||
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|[[Mastercard]]|| ||
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|[[Maytag]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]|| ||
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|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Medical equipment]]|| ||
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|[[Meetup.com account creation]]|| ||
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|[[Mega.io]]|| ||
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|[[Memrise]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Mercedes Benz]]|| ||
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|[[Mercury Insurance]]|| ||
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|[[Merkury Innovations]]|| ||
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|[[Meta]]|| ||
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|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Edge]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Office 365]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft account]]|| ||
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|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]|| ||
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|[[Miele]]|| ||
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|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]|| ||
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|[[Miku]]|| ||
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|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]|| ||
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|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]|| ||
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|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft account migration]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]|| ||
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|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]|| ||
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|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]|| ||
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|[[Mission statement]]|| ||
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|[[MitID]]|| ||
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|[[Model F Labs]]|| ||
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|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang]]|| ||
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|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]|| ||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]|| ||
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|[[Monetization overload]]|| ||
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|[[Monopoly]]|| ||
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|[[Monoprice]]|| ||
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|[[Motorola]]|| ||
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|[[Movies Anywhere]]|| ||
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|[[Mozilla]]|| ||
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|[[Mr. clinton the cat]]|| ||
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|[[Mullvad VPN]]|| ||
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|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]|| ||
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|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]|| ||
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|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]|| ||
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|[[NOYB]]|| ||
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|[[NProtect GameGuard]]|| ||
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|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT]]|| ||
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|[[NZXT Flex]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Nanoleaf]]|| ||
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|[[National Security Agency]]|| ||
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|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Negative option marketing]]|| ||
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|[[Nestlé]]|| ||
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|[[NetLimiter]]|| ||
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VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom

2026-01-05T01:33:53Z

Sgath92: Archived references except: Sites that blocked archive.org: SDxCentral; mLex; ChannelFutures;

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Broadcom Inc.
|StartDate=2023-11-22
|Status=Active
|Product=VMware
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Terms of Service
|Description=Broadcom ended perpetual VMware licenses and changed to a subscription based model.
}}On 22 November 2023, [[Broadcom Inc.]] completed the acquisition of VMware for $61 billion.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-completes-acquisition-vmware |title=Broadcom Completes Acquisition of VMware |website=Broadcom Inc. |date=2023-11-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251217124315/https://investors.broadcom.com/news-releases/news-release-details/broadcom-completes-acquisition-vmware |archive-date=17 Dec 2025}}</ref> Perpetual licenses for the software were ended and changed to a subscription-based model.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/01/22/vmware-end-of-availability-of-perpetual-licensing-and-saas-services/ |title=VMware End Of Availability of Perpetual Licensing and SaaS Services |website=VMware Cloud Foundation Blog |date=2024-01-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251115013106/https://blogs.vmware.com/cloud-foundation/2024/01/22/vmware-end-of-availability-of-perpetual-licensing-and-saas-services/ |archive-date=15 Nov 2025}}</ref> Customers report that this new model results in higher overall pricing for their use of VMware, with documented increases ranging from 800% to 1,500%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/euro_cloud_body_ecco_says_broadcom_licensing_unfair/ |title=VMware price hikes? 800-1,500%, claim Euro customers |website=The Register |date=2025-05-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251213164200/https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/euro_cloud_body_ecco_says_broadcom_licensing_unfair/ |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref> Several notable businesses who are customers of VMware have started legal action against Broadcom.

==Background==
===Acquisition timeline & strategy===
Broadcom announced its intent to acquire VMware on May 26, 2022, for approximately $61 billion in cash and stock.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelfutures.com/channel-business/the-broadcom-vmware-acquisition-a-complete-timeline |title=The Broadcom VMware Acquisition: A Complete Timeline |website=Channel Futures |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> The acquisition completed on November 22, 2023, following regulatory approvals from multiple jurisdictions.

In 2025, Broadcom initiated the second phase of its VMware consolidation.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-vcf-adoption-second-phase/759406/ |title=Broadcom enters 'second phase' of VMware consolidation |website=CIO Dive |date=2025-09-05 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251015042818/https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-vcf-adoption-second-phase/759406/ |archive-date=15 Oct 2025}}</ref> The CEO stated that "more than 90% of VMware's largest 10,000 customers have shifted from perpetual licenses to the subscription-based" model, though he clarified that purchasing licenses does not mean full deployment.<ref name=":2" />

===Business model transformation===
On December 11, 2023, Broadcom announced it would immediately stop selling perpetual licenses and discontinue support renewals for existing perpetual license holders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation |title=VMware by Broadcom Dramatically Simplifies Offer Lineup and Licensing Model |website=VMware News |date=2023-12-11 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20240514220844/https://news.vmware.com/company/vmware-by-broadcom-business-transformation |archive-date=14 May 2024}}</ref> The company reduced VMware's portfolio from approximately 200 products to four core subscription bundles: VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and VMware vSphere Foundation as primary offerings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://redresscompliance.com/broadcom-vmware-licensing-and-subscription-changes-explained/ |title=Broadcom VMware Licensing Changes Explained |website=Redress Compliance |date=2024-03-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251201034109/https://redresscompliance.com/broadcom-vmware-licensing-and-subscription-changes-explained/ |archive-date=1 Dec 2025}}</ref>

Besides the new pricing models since the acquisition, Broadcom increased the minimum amount of cores from 16 to 72 cores in April 2025, which must be paid irrespective of usage of the 72 cores.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.colocationplus.com/blog/vmware-price-increase-in-2025-what-you-need-to-know |title=VMware Price Increase in 2025: What You Need to Know |website=ColocationPLUS |date=2025-05-06 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250911035014/https://www.colocationplus.com/blog/vmware-price-increase-in-2025-what-you-need-to-know |archive-date=11 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arrow_vmware_licensing_change/ |title=VMware distributor Arrow says minimum software subs set to jump from 16 to 72 cores |website=The Register |date=2025-03-28 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251114194646/https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/28/arrow_vmware_licensing_change/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref> However, following a ton of industry backlash, Broadcom completely reversed this decision in April 2025.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://licenseware.io/major-update-for-vmware-customers-min-licensing-requirement-increases-from-16-to-72-cores/ |title=Major Update for VMware Customers: minimum purchase requirement of 72 cores per product |website=Licenseware |date=2025-04-02 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251018081342/https://licenseware.io/major-update-for-vmware-customers-min-licensing-requirement-increases-from-16-to-72-cores/ |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref> In addition, being late with license renewal causes an additional 20% cost penalty.<ref name=":3" />

===Focus on enterprise customers===
CEO Hock Tan explicitly stated that while VMware has 300,000 customers, Broadcom sees "the top 10,000 as being people where it makes a lot of sense, derive a lot of value in deploying private cloud using VCF."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadcom-ceo-not-sure-its-worth-targeting-smaller-vmware-customers/ |title=Broadcom CEO not sure it's worth targeting smaller VMware customers |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250919151131/https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/broadcom-ceo-not-sure-its-worth-targeting-smaller-vmware-customers/ |archive-date=19 Sep 2025}}</ref> This strategic narrowing focuses on approximately 600 strategic enterprise accounts while pushing smaller customers toward alternatives.

==End of perpetual licenses==
===Implementation and enforcement===
Beginning in May 2025, Broadcom began sending cease-and-desist letters to customers using perpetual licenses without active support contracts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.channelfutures.com/cloud/broadcom-to-perpetual-vmware-users-cease-and-desist |title=Broadcom to Perpetual VMware Users: Cease and Desist |website=Channel Futures |date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> Customers were informed they must immediately discontinue use of VMware products unless they transition to subscription licensing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1856255/vmware-perpetual-license-holders-receive-cease-and-desist-letters-from-broadcom |title=VMware Perpetual License Holders Receive Cease-And-Desist Letters From Broadcom |website=Slashdot |date=2025-05-07 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250509082419/https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/1856255/vmware-perpetual-license-holders-receive-cease-and-desist-letters-from-broadcom |archive-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>

VMware customers must now commit to three-year subscription terms for license renewals, a requirement that has generated significant customer resistance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/customers_gripe_at_threeyear_commitment/ |title=VMware users unhappy at 3-year commitment to renew licenses |website=The Register |date=2025-01-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251114090333/https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/23/customers_gripe_at_threeyear_commitment/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===Broadcom's response===
Broadcom argues that they have listened to their customers. In an April 2024 blog post, CEO Hock Tan stated that subscription licensing ''"eliminates incentives"'' for confusing pricing practices common in the software industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadcom.com/blog/a-changing-market-landscape-requires-constant-evolution-our-mission-for-vmware-customers |title=A changing market landscape requires constant evolution: our mission for VMware customers |website=Broadcom |date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref> He also announced that customers needing additional time for migration could receive support extensions, though specific terms were not disclosed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/broadcom-ceo-tan-says-vmware-customers-can-get-support-extensions-amid |title=Broadcom CEO Tan says VMware customers can get support extensions amid subscription transition |website=Constellation Research |date=2024-04-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251107031713/https://www.constellationr.com/blog-news/insights/broadcom-ceo-tan-says-vmware-customers-can-get-support-extensions-amid |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Lawsuits==
===Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure (Rijkswaterstaat v. Broadcom Inc.)===
On Friday, June 27, 2025, the District Court of The Hague granted Rijkswaterstaat's (RWS) request in case ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |title=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |website=De Rechtspraak |date=2025-06-27 |access-date=2025-09-08 |language=nl |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250707190722/https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBDHA:2025:11349 |archive-date=7 Jul 2025}}</ref> Broadcom must continue to provide RWS with support for a period of 2 years under the existing conditions and price of €1,765,191 annually, with penalties of €250,000 per day for non-compliance up to €25 million maximum.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://openrijk.nl/en/rijksinstellingen/rijkswaterstaat/artikel/rijkswaterstaat-wint-kort-geding-tegen-broadcom-over-voortzetting-van-support/rijkswaterstaat-wins-summary-proceedings-against-broadcom-over-continuation-of-support |title=Rijkswaterstaat wins summary proceedings against Broadcom over continuation of support |website=Openrijk |date=2025-07-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20260105011658/https://openrijk.nl/en/rijksinstellingen/rijkswaterstaat/artikel/rijkswaterstaat-wint-kort-geding-tegen-broadcom-over-voortzetting-van-support/rijkswaterstaat-wins-summary-proceedings-against-broadcom-over-continuation-of-support |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref>

The judge ruled: <blockquote>"Unlike Broadcom et al. have stated, there was [thus] no question of free commercial negotiations between two large professional parties; one could say that RWS was in a bind. The judge ruled that RWS must be allowed to part ways with VMware/Broadcom and still receive support during that process. By failing to do so, Broadcom acts in violation of the care that is owed to RWS in social traffic."<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote>The court noted that RWS manages critical infrastructure including Dutch tunnels, locks, and bridges, and faced an 85% price increase from Broadcom.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/4015489/dutch-court-forces-broadcom-to-support-vmware-migration-after-85-price-hike-backlash.html |title=Dutch court forces Broadcom to support VMware migration after 85% price hike backlash |website=Network World |date=2025-06-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250911222039/https://www.networkworld.com/article/4015489/dutch-court-forces-broadcom-to-support-vmware-migration-after-85-price-hike-backlash.html |archive-date=11 Sep 2025}}</ref>

===European Cloud Providers===
On July 30, 2025, the trade body for European Cloud providers CISPE started legal action against the European Commission.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://licenseware.io/european-cloud-providers-drag-broadcoms-vmware-deal-into-court/ |title=European Cloud Providers Drag Broadcom's VMware Deal into Court |website=Licenseware |date=2025-07-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250919151832/https://licenseware.io/european-cloud-providers-drag-broadcoms-vmware-deal-into-court/ |archive-date=19 Sep 2025}}</ref> The legal action focuses on the acquisition approval by the EU Commission; arguing the remedies taken were "irrelevant to the real threat."<ref name=":1" /> CISPE seeks to annul the Commission's approval, citing "errors in law and manifest failures" in competitive assessment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cispe.cloud/cispe-takes-european-commission-to-court-to-annul-approval-of-broadcoms-acquisition-of-vmware/ |title=CISPE Takes European Commission to Court to Annul Approval of Broadcom's Acquisition of VMware |website=CISPE |date=2025-07-30 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251215012241/https://www.cispe.cloud/cispe-takes-european-commission-to-court-to-annul-approval-of-broadcoms-acquisition-of-vmware/ |archive-date=15 Dec 2025}}</ref>

===AT&T===
AT&T filed suit against Broadcom in August 2024, alleging a 1,050% price increase from approximately $2 million to over $20 million annually for 75,000 virtual machines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |title=AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise |website=The Register |date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251128045252/https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref> The lawsuit documented that migrating away from VMware would cost AT&T an estimated $40-50 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366610359/ATT-sues-Broadcom-over-VMware-support-licensing |title=AT&T sues Broadcom over VMware support licensing |website=TechTarget |date=2024-08-29 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251115003822/https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366610359/ATT-sues-Broadcom-over-VMware-support-licensing |archive-date=15 Nov 2025}}</ref> AT&T warned of potential impacts to critical services including FirstNet emergency communications.

On November 21, 2024, AT&T reached a settlement-in-principle with Broadcom.<ref name=":4">{{cite web |url=https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-att-vmware-settlement-licensing-support-lawsuit/733763/ |title=Broadcom, AT&T reach settlement in VMware legal dispute |website=CIO Dive |date=2024-11-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250814074513/https://www.ciodive.com/news/broadcom-att-vmware-settlement-licensing-support-lawsuit/733763/ |archive-date=14 Aug 2025}}</ref> The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but it is clear that AT&T is moving away from doing business with Broadcom.<ref name=":4" /> In the case, Broadcom argued to the court that they did not have to give support as AT&T did not renew their license.

===Tesco===
On September 3, 2025, Tesco filed suit against Broadcom seeking £100 million in damages.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/tesco_sues_vmware_broadcom_computacenter/ |title=Supermarket giant Tesco sues VMware for breach of contract |website=The Register |date=2025-09-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251223102412/https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/tesco_sues_vmware_broadcom_computacenter/ |archive-date=23 Dec 2025}}</ref> The UK's largest supermarket chain warned of potential disruption to UK and Ireland food supplies, as it operates 40,000 virtual workloads supporting point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and logistics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/cloud/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-warns-food-supply-could-be-hit |title=Tesco sues Broadcom over VMware licensing, warns food supply could be hit |website=Computing |date=2025-09-03 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250916101357/https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/cloud/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-warns-food-supply-could-be-hit |archive-date=16 Sep 2025}}</ref> Tesco alleges Broadcom breached perpetual license contracts valid until 2026 with extension options, denied promised software upgrades, and restricted security patches to subscription customers only.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techstrong.it/featured/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-citing-operational-risks/ |title=Tesco Sues Broadcom Over VMware Licensing, Citing Operational Risks |website=Techstrong IT |date=2025-09-04 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251009194123/https://techstrong.it/featured/tesco-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-citing-operational-risks/ |archive-date=9 Oct 2025}}</ref>

===Siemens===
In March 2025, VMware filed copyright infringement charges against Siemens, alleging the industrial giant uses "thousands" of unlicensed VMware products.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/vmware_sues_siemens_for_using/ |title=VMware sues Siemens for using unlicensed software |website=The Register |date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251128045252/https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/vmware_sues_siemens_for_using/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref> VMware claims Siemens requested support renewal in September 2024 for products never properly licensed and refused to submit to an independent software audit.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cfodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-siemens-licensing-lawsuit/744716/ |title=VMware feuds with Siemens in legal battle over software licensing |website=CFO Dive |date=2025-03-27 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250418232611/https://www.cfodive.com/news/broadcom-vmware-siemens-licensing-lawsuit/744716/ |archive-date=18 Apr 2025}}</ref>

==Regulatory investigations==
===European Union===
The European Commission approved the acquisition in July 2023 under case number M.10806 with significant conditions including 10-year commitments for technology access, interoperability APIs, and source code access to competitors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_3777 |title=Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of VMware by Broadcom, subject to conditions |website=European Commission |date=2023-07-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

On July 22, 2024, the European Commission initiated investigations, receiving complaints about the licensing model after Broadcom acquired VMware.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Art-182-RFI-CISPE-Broadcom-VMware-22-07-24-esigned.pdf |title=Case AT.40924 - VMware software licensing - Request for information pursuant to Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 |website=European Commission |date=2024-07-22 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20260105004544/https://dutchcloudcommunity.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Art-182-RFI-CISPE-Broadcom-VMware-22-07-24-esigned.pdf |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> The European Cloud Competition Observatory assigned Broadcom "red" status for critical anticompetitive risk in May 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cispe.cloud/ecco-reports-no-progress-with-broadcom/ |title=ECCO Reports No Progress with Broadcom |website=CISPE |date=2024-05-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251107154159/https://cispe.cloud/ecco-reports-no-progress-with-broadcom/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===China===
China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) granted conditional approval with 10-year monitoring requirements prohibiting unjustifiable bundling and requiring maintained compatibility with third-party hardware.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/15828-issued-samr-conditional-approval-of-broadcom-and-vmware-merger |title=China: Issued SAMR conditional approval of Broadcom and VMware merger |website=Digital Policy Alert |date=2023-11-21 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20260105004434/https://digitalpolicyalert.org/event/15828-issued-samr-conditional-approval-of-broadcom-and-vmware-merger |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref> Multiple Chinese companies have since filed new complaints alleging post-acquisition abuse of dominance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlex.com/mlex/antitrust/articles/2274786/broadcom-s-vmware-sees-antitrust-complaints-escalated-to-china-s-samr |title=Broadcom's VMware sees antitrust complaints escalated to China's SAMR |website=MLex |date=2024-08-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

===Japan===
The Japan Fair Trade Commission launched an investigation in September 2024 focusing on forced bundling practices, conducting office raids in Tokyo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/japan_vmware_broadcom_monopoly_investigation/ |title=VMware investigated by Japanese antimonopoly agency: reports |website=The Register |date=2024-09-25 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251125091553/https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/25/japan_vmware_broadcom_monopoly_investigation/ |archive-date=25 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
The UK Competition and Markets Authority provided unconditional clearance after examining over 250,000 internal business documents, concluding potential benefits of restricting competitors would be outweighed by loss of business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-clears-broadcom-s-deal-to-buy-vmware |title=CMA clears Broadcom's deal to buy VMware |website=GOV.UK |date=2023-08-21 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250504133529/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-clears-broadcom-s-deal-to-buy-vmware |archive-date=4 May 2025}}</ref>

==Consumer response==
===Price increases===
Many independent surveys & documented cases confirm the 800% to 1,500% price increase range affecting VMware customers globally. The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) found that their members' costs for VMware increased 8 to 15 times compared to the previous pricing model.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-has-allegedly-hiked-vmware-costs-between-800-and-1-500-percent |title=Broadcom has allegedly hiked VMware costs between 800 and 1,500% |website=TechRadar |date=2025-05-23 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250915160445/https://www.techradar.com/pro/broadcom-has-allegedly-hiked-vmware-costs-between-800-and-1-500-percent |archive-date=15 Sep 2025}}</ref> A CloudBolt Software survey of 300 VMware customers found 75% expect price increases exceeding 100%, with many reporting actual increases between 500% and 1,200%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/06/2894702/0/en/New-Report-from-CloudBolt-Software-and-Wakefield-Research-Unpacks-Real-Reactions-and-Key-Concerns-from-VMware-Users-in-the-Aftermath-of-Broadcom-s-Acquisition.html |title=New Report from CloudBolt Software and Wakefield Research Unpacks Real Reactions and Key Concerns from VMware Users in the Aftermath of Broadcom's Acquisition |website=GlobeNewswire |date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251128231805/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/06/2894702/0/en/New-Report-from-CloudBolt-Software-and-Wakefield-Research-Unpacks-Real-Reactions-and-Key-Concerns-from-VMware-Users-in-the-Aftermath-of-Broadcom-s-Acquisition.html |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref>

A Civo survey of 1,000 VMware customers found that 48.7% have already had to spend more to access the same features, with 99% expressing concern about Broadcom's actions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.civo.com/newsroom/vmware-customer-spend |title=Nearly half of VMware's customers already have to spend more to access the same features |website=Civo |date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251111102115/https://www.civo.com/newsroom/vmware-customer-spend |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===Customer migration===
The reliance on VMware is high across many different sectors and is not something that can easily be replaced by other software.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/106547-loved-vmware-now-hate-customers-react-broadcom-changes.html |title="We loved VMware. Now we hate it": Customers react to Broadcom's changes |website=TechSpot |date=2025-01-29 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20250404235927/https://www.techspot.com/news/106547-loved-vmware-now-hate-customers-react-broadcom-changes.html |archive-date=4 Apr 2025}}</ref> Despite this, major migrations are occurring:

*Computershare is migrating all 24,000 virtual machines to Nutanix AHV after receiving quotes for 10x to 15x price increases.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.webpronews.com/vmware-may-have-lost-a-24000-license-customer/ |title=VMware May Have Lost a 24000 License Customer |website=WebProNews |date=2024-12-17 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20241225214523/https://www.webpronews.com/vmware-may-have-lost-a-24000-license-customer/ |archive-date=25 Dec 2024}}</ref>
*GEICO migrated to OpenStack to avoid vendor lock-in.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/ |title=US insurer GEICO drops VMware for OpenStack |website=The Register |date=2024-08-28 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251230224756/https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/28/geico_vmware_openstack_migration/ |archive-date=30 Dec 2025}}</ref>
*Beeks Group moved 20,000 VMs to the OpenNebula open-source platform after facing a 10x price increase.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techwrix.com/broadcom-loses-another-major-vmware-customer-beeks-groups-bold-move-from-vmware-to-open-nebula/ |title=Broadcom Loses another Major VMware Customer Beeks Group's Bold Move: From VMware to Open Nebula |website=Techwrix |date=2024-12-20 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251212061237/https://www.techwrix.com/broadcom-loses-another-major-vmware-customer-beeks-groups-bold-move-from-vmware-to-open-nebula/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref>

Industry research shows 52% of VMware customers are considering leaving the platform, with 56% planning to decrease VMware use over the next year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/civo_vmware_research/ |title=More than half of VMware customers looking for alternatives |website=The Register |date=2024-09-11 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251118142203/https://www.theregister.com/2024/09/11/civo_vmware_research/ |archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Financial impact==
Despite widespread customer dissatisfaction, Broadcom reports strong financial performance from the VMware acquisition. Infrastructure software segment revenues reached $6.8 billion in Q3 2025, up 17% year-over-year, with VMware contributing $3.8 billion quarterly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/broadcom_q4_fy_2024_vmware/ |title=Broadcom turns VMware into a prolific money-making machine |website=The Register |date=2024-12-13 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-https://web.archive.org/web/20251117224645/https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/13/broadcom_q4_fy_2024_vmware/ |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref> The company achieved $2.7 billion in annualized booking value and aims to grow VMware's revenue from $4.7 billion to $8.5 billion within three years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/analysis/broadcom-bounces-vmware-operating-concerns/ |title=Broadcom bounces VMware operating concerns |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-12-12 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

Broadcom cut VMware's quarterly operating costs from $2.4 billion to $1.2 billion while increasing margins from below 30% to 70%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/ |title=Assessing Broadcom VMware Eight Months On |website=theCUBE Research |date=2024-07-20 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251221223646/https://thecuberesearch.com/243-breaking-analysis-assessing-broadcom-vmware-eight-months-on/ |archive-date=21 Dec 2025}}</ref>

==Market alternatives==
The disruption has created opportunities for VMware competitors:

*Nutanix emerges as the primary beneficiary, with its Net Score jumping from single digits to 40% and adding 630 new customers in its most recent quarter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366617362/VMware-by-Broadcom-changes-to-continue-in-2025 |title=VMware by Broadcom changes to continue in 2025 |website=TechTarget |date=2025-01-14 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014081647/https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/news/366617362/VMware-by-Broadcom-changes-to-continue-in-2025 |archive-date=14 Oct 2025}}</ref>
*Microsoft Azure Stack HCI now holds nearly 38% of virtualization market share versus VMware's 36%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statista.com/topics/8785/vmware/ |title=VMware - statistics & facts |website=Statista |date=2024-12-01 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926225139/https://www.statista.com/topics/8785/vmware/ |archive-date=26 Sep 2025}}</ref>
*Open-source alternatives including Proxmox, KVM, and OpenNebula see increased adoption particularly among cost-conscious mid-market organizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spectrocloud.com/blog/vsphere-alternatives |title=Complete guide to modern vSphere alternatives for 2025 |website=Spectro Cloud |date=2025-01-15 |access-date=2025-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251014103521/https://www.spectrocloud.com/blog/vsphere-alternatives |archive-date=14 Oct 2025}}</ref>

Gartner estimates 18-48 month timelines for organizations to move away from VMware depending on complexity, warning migrations will be "long, costly and risky."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/analysis/broadcoms-vmware-chaos-catalyzes-gartners-dhi-ranking/2024/10/ |title=Broadcom's VMware chaos catalyzes Gartner's DHI ranking |website=SDxCentral |date=2024-10-15 |access-date=2025-09-08}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:VMware]]
[[Category:Broadcom Inc.]]
[[Category:Software licensing]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-01-05T00:23:50Z

Sgath92: /* The list */ did vmware

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or reliance on video content (e.g. Youtube videos), and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The correct formatting for an archived citation will look something like this:

<code><nowiki>{{Cite web |author=BwE |title=BwE PS4 NOR Validator & BwE SerialReader Script by BetterWayElectronics |url=https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |website=PSHAX |date=27 Nov 2018 |access-date=12 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250408175450/https://www.psxhax.com/threads/bwe-ps4-nor-validator-bwe-serialreader-script-by-betterwayelectronics.6139/ |archive-date=8 Apr 2025}}</nowiki></code>

The full list of possible fields can be found here: [[wikipedia:Template:Cite web]]. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

==The list==

Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references. Last updated with new pages on 20/12/2025.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
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|[[1Password]]||Yes||Internet Archive
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|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||Yes||Archive.today
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|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||No||
|-
|[[3CX]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[5CA]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||Mostly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||No||
|-
|[[AMD]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||Partly||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]|| ||
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|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]|| ||
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|[[Activation]]|| ||
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|[[Activision Blizzard]]||Yes||Archive.today; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||Yes||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]|| ||
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|[[Ad block]]||Yes||Archive.today
|-
|[[Adobe]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]|| ||
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]|| ||
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]|| ||
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|[[Age verification]]|| ||
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|[[AirAsia]]|| ||
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|[[Airpods]]|| ||
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|[[Airthings ASA app release]]|| ||
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|[[Akelius]]|| ||
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|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]|| ||
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|[[Allstate]]|| ||
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Ally Invest Securities]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||Partly ||Internet Archive
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|[[Amazon Kindle]]||Partly ||Archive.today
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|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||Partly ||Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon altering the content of purchased ebooks]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]|| ||
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]|| ||
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]|| ||
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|[[Android Developer Verification]]|| ||
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Anthropic]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]|| ||
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]|| ||
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|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]|| ||
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]|| ||
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|[[Ariston]]|| ||
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|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]|| ||
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|[[Arlo]]|| ||
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|[[Article suggestions]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]|| ||
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|[[Assioma]]|| ||
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|[[Asus]]|| ||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]|| ||
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|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]|| ||
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|[[Audi]]|| ||
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|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]|| ||
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|[[Audible]]|| ||
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|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]|| ||
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|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]|| ||
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|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]|| ||
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|[[Autel - Otofix]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]|| ||
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|[[Automatic content recognition]]|| ||
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|[[Automotive digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Axis]]|| ||
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|[[BMW]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]|| ||
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|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]|| ||
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|[[BMW API restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]|| ||
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|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]|| ||
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|[[Backdoor]]|| ||
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|[[Bait-and-switch]]|| ||
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|[[Balena]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]|| ||
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|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]|| ||
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|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam]]|| ||
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|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]|| ||
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|[[Battery Health Assistance]]|| ||
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|[[Battery firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Belkin]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy]]|| ||
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|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]|| ||
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|[[BetterHelp]]|| ||
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|[[Better Way Electronics]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]|| ||
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|[[BlackVue]]|| ||
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|[[Blink]]|| ||
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|[[Bloatware]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg]]|| ||
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|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]|| ||
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|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]|| ||
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|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]|| ||
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|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]|| ||
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|[[Bootloader unlocking]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]|| ||
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|[[Bosch Spexor]]|| ||
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|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]|| ||
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|[[Bose kills SoundTouch and speakers lose smart functionality]]|| ||
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|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Box Tops for Education]]|| ||
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|[[Brainly]]|| ||
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|[[Brave browser]]|| ||
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|[[Brilliant]]|| ||
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|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]|| ||
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|[[Broadcom Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]|| ||
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|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printer dcp 3550 cdw cartridges failure]]|| ||
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|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]|| ||
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|[[Bumpgate]]|| ||
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|[[Bungie]]|| ||
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|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]|| ||
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|[[Buy now, pay later]]|| ||
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|[[Buy one, get one free]]|| ||
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|[[ByteDance]]|| ||
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|[[CAPTCHA]]|| ||
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|[[CARIAD]]|| ||
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|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[COBB Tuning]]|| ||
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|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]|| ||
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|[[CalyxOS]]|| ||
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|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]|| ||
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|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]|| ||
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|[[Cami Research]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]|| ||
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|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]|| ||
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|[[Canon]]|| ||
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|[[Canon Camera Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]|| ||
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|[[Canon ink DRM]]|| ||
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|[[Canonical]]|| ||
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One]]|| ||
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|[[Capital One Shopping]]|| ||
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|[[Carly]]|| ||
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|[[Caveat emptor]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus]]|| ||
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|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]|| ||
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|[[CgNAT]]|| ||
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|[[Chamberlain Group]]|| ||
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|[[Change.org]]|| ||
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|[[Charles Schwab]]|| ||
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|[[Chase Bank]]|| ||
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|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]|| ||
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|[[Chromium]]|| ||
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|[[Cinemark]]|| ||
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|[[Circular economy]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]|| ||
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|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Class action]]|| ||
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|[[Clearview AI]]|| ||
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|[[Click-to-cancel]]|| ||
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]|| ||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Clippy Campaign]]|| ||
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|[[Cloud (service)]]|| ||
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|[[Cloudflare]]|| ||
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|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]|| ||
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|[[Colgate]]|| ||
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|[[Collective Shout]]|| ||
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|[[Comcast]]|| ||
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|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]|| ||
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|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]|| ||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]|| ||
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]|| ||
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|[[Community:Leaderboard]]|| ||
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|[[CompTIA]]|| ||
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|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Consent-or-pay]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Defense Code]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Protection Format (Unofficial)]]|| ||
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|[[Consumer Technology Association]]|| ||
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|[[Costco]]|| ||
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|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Counter-Strike 2]]|| ||
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|[[Covert Web-to-App Tracking by Meta and Yandex]]|| ||
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|[[Cox Communications]]|| ||
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|[[Crash Team Racing]]|| ||
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|[[Crave app refuses TV's based on production date]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creality 3d Scanner - Fored update, which removed previously advertised and shown features]]|| ||
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]|| ||
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|[[Cricut]]|| ||
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|[[Cryptic Studios]]|| ||
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|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]|| ||
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|[[DAZN]]|| ||
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|[[DCS (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]|| ||
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|[[DJI]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]|| ||
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|[[DSGVO-Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Dark pattern]]|| ||
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|[[Data brokers]]|| ||
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|[[Data lock-in]]|| ||
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|[[De-anonymization]]|| ||
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|[[Dead star server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]|| ||
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|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]|| ||
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|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]|| ||
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|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]|| ||
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|[[Delta (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]|| ||
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|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]|| ||
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|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]|| ||
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|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]|| ||
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|[[Device bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Device fingerprint]]|| ||
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|[[Device lifecycle]]|| ||
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|[[Deye]]|| ||
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|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Fairness Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]|| ||
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|[[Digital rights management]]|| ||
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|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]|| ||
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|[[Disc rot]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation bricking]]|| ||
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|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]|| ||
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|[[Discord]]|| ||
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|[[Disney]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]|| ||
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|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]|| ||
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|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]|| ||
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|[[Doordash]]|| ||
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|[[Downloadable content]]|| ||
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|[[DuckDuckGo]]|| ||
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|[[Duolingo]]|| ||
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|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]|| ||
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|[[Dymo]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]|| ||
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|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]|| ||
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|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]|| ||
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|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]|| ||
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|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]|| ||
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|[[EBay]]|| ||
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|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]|| ||
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|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]|| ||
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|[[EO]]|| ||
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|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]|| ||
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|[[EVGA]]|| ||
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|[[EZVIZ]]|| ||
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|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]|| ||
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|[[Ecoflow]]|| ||
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|[[EduVULCAN]]|| ||
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|[[Eight Sleep]]|| ||
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|[[Electron]]|| ||
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|[[Electronic Arts]]|| ||
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|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]|| ||
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|[[Elsagate]]|| ||
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|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]|| ||
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|[[End-user license agreement]]|| ||
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|[[Enshittification]]|| ||
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|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games]]|| ||
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|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]|| ||
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|[[Epson printer waste ink tank conter restrictions]]|| ||
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|[[Etoro]]|| ||
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|[[Eufy]]|| ||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]|| ||
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|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]|| ||
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|[[EviCore]]|| ||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]|| ||
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|[[Extron]]|| ||
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|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]|| ||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]|| ||
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|[[FUTO]]|| ||
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|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]|| ||
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|[[Fal (AI company)]]|| ||
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|[[False advertising]]|| ||
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|[[Fandom]]|| ||
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|[[Fear of missing out]]|| ||
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|[[Features on demand]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Communications Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]|| ||
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|[[Ferrari]]|| ||
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|[[Figma]]|| ||
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|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]|| ||
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|[[Fiio]]|| ||
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|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]|| ||
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|[[Final Draft software activation]]|| ||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]|| ||
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|[[Financial censorship]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox]]|| ||
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|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]|| ||
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|[[First-sale doctrine]]|| ||
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|[[Fisher price smart app]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit]]|| ||
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|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]|| ||
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|[[Flo]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety]]|| ||
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|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]|| ||
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|[[Flock license plate readers]]|| ||
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|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]|| ||
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|[[Forced app download]]|| ||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]|| ||
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|[[Forced eSIMs]]|| ||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]|| ||
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|[[Fossify]]|| ||
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|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]|| ||
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|[[Free software movement]]|| ||
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|[[Friend app]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines]]|| ||
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|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]|| ||
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|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]|| ||
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|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]|| ||
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|[[Future Motion]]|| ||
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|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]|| ||
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|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]|| ||
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|[[GE Wall Ovens (Powered by Smart HQ)]]|| ||
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|[[GREE Electric]]|| ||
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|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]|| ||
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|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]|| ||
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|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy]]|| ||
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|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop]]|| ||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]|| ||
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|[[Games as a service]]|| ||
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|[[Geeni]]|| ||
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric (disambiguation)]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Ovens]]|| ||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]|| ||
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]|| ||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact]]|| ||
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|[[Genshin Impact anti-cheat]]|| ||
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]|| ||
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|[[Gillette]]|| ||
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|[[GitHub]]|| ||
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|[[Glance]]|| ||
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|[[Glasswire]]|| ||
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|[[GoGuardian]]|| ||
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|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro Karma]]|| ||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]|| ||
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|[[GoTo Group]]|| ||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]|| ||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]|| ||
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|[[Google]]|| ||
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]|| ||
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|[[Google Chromebook]]|| ||
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|[[Google Gemini]]|| ||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]|| ||
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]|| ||
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|[[Google Mobile Services]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]|| ||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]|| ||
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|[[Google OnHub]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]|| ||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]|| ||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]|| ||
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]|| ||
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]|| ||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]|| ||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]|| ||
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|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]|| ||
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|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]|| ||
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|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]|| ||
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|[[ResellerRatings]]|| ||
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|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]|| ||
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|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]|| ||
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|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]|| ||
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|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]|| ||
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|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]|| ||
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|[[Richard Stallman]]|| ||
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|[[Right to own]]|| ||
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|[[Right to repair]]|| ||
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|[[Ring]]|| ||
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|[[Rivian]]|| ||
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|[[Robinhood Financial]]|| ||
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|[[Roblox]]|| ||
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|[[Roborock]]|| ||
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|[[Rocksmith]]|| ||
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|[[Rockstar Games]]||Yes ||Internet Archive/Archive.today
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|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]|| ||
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|[[SiriusXM]]|| ||
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|[[Sketchfab]]|| ||
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|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]|| ||
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|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]|| ||
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|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool]]|| ||
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|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]|| ||
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|[[Smartyplus]]|| ||
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|[[Software bricking]]|| ||
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|[[SolaX]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos]]|| ||
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|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]|| ||
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|[[Sony]]|| ||
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|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]|| ||
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|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]|| ||
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|[[Sony x900h television]]|| ||
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|[[Sophos Limited]]|| ||
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]|| ||
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|[[StarForce Technologies]]|| ||
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|[[Star Citizen]]|| ||
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|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]|| ||
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|[[Steam]]|| ||
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|[[Steam and itch.io Game De-indexing]]|| ||
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|[[SteelSeries]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]|| ||
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|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]|| ||
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|[[Stop Killing Games]]|| ||
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|[[Storefront shutdown]]|| ||
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|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]|| ||
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|[[Stripe inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Subaru Starlink]]|| ||
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|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]|| ||
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|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]|| ||
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|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Swiffer]]|| ||
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|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]|| ||
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|[[Synology]]|| ||
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]|| ||
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|[[TD Ameritrade]]|| ||
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|[[Take Two]]|| ||
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|[[Tango Elegoo Edition False Lifetime License]]|| ||
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|[[Target]]|| ||
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|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]|| ||
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|[[Temu]]|| ||
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|[[Terms of service]]|| ||
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]|| ||
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|[[Tesvor x500]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Instruments]]|| ||
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|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]|| ||
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|[[The Economist]]|| ||
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|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]|| ||
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|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]|| ||
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|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]|| ||
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|[[Thrive Market]]|| ||
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|[[Thunderbird]]|| ||
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|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]|| ||
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|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]|| ||
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|[[TikTok]]|| ||
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|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]|| ||
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|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]|| ||
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|[[Tinder]]|| ||
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|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]|| ||
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|[[Tonies]]|| ||
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|[[Top Contributors]]|| ||
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|[[Toyota]]|| ||
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|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Trump Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[Trusted computing]]|| ||
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|[[Turkcell Superonline]]|| ||
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|[[Tuya Inc.]]|| ||
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|[[Twitch]]|| ||
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|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]|| ||
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|[[UK Online Safety Act]]|| ||
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|[[UPS]]|| ||
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|[[USAA Bill Pay terms block access unless you agree]]|| ||
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|[[USAGov]]|| ||
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|[[US Mobile]]|| ||
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|[[Uber]]|| ||
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|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]|| ||
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|[[Ubisoft]]|| ||
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VMware

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{{InfoboxCompany
| Name = {{PAGENAME}}
| Type =Subsidiary
| Founded =1998
| Industry =Virtualization Software
| Official Website =https://www.vmware.com
| Logo =Vmware.svg
}}
'''[[wikipedia:VMWare|VMware]]''' is a major player in the enterprise virtualization software market. The brand has been a subsidiary of [[Broadcom Inc.|Broadcom]] since November 2023.

Since the Broadcom takeover, licensing and business model changes bordering on extortion, price increases, litigations against corporate users such as Siemens, deliberately ending support for [https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ perpetual license] products, have left many customers facing skyrocketing virtualization costs.

==Consumer-impact summary==
In 2024, Broadcom removed the ability to extend support for perpetual licensing, and required that customers switch to subscription licensing. The product you bought can no longer be updated, to receive updates you must throw away your perpetual licensing and buy new subscription licenses. AT&T claimed an annual cost increase of 1050%.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sharwood |first=Simon |date=2024-10-01 |title=AT&T claims VMware offered it a 1,050 percent price rise |url=https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |access-date=2025-09-08 |website=The Register |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251128045252/https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/01/att_broadcom_filings_update/ |archive-date=28 NOV 2025}}</ref>

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
===Cease and Desist Letters/Notifications===
{{Main|VMware extraordinary price increase for licenses since acquisition by Broadcom}}
An incident of a customer receiving a cease and desist letter from Broadcom, regarding perpetual licensing and other services offered.
[[File:Undefined - Imgur.png|thumb|alt= Re: Notice of Expiration of Support. Dear <Customer>, The above referenced Order(s) between ("Customer") and VMware LLC (as successor in interest to VMware, Inc. and hereinafter referred to as "VMware") expired on or before February 15, 2025 ("Expiration Date"). Accordingly, Customer's right to receive Support Services for the perpetual Software listed in the Order(s) expired on or before such date. As no new order(s) for subscription licenses and support services has been executed between the parties, Support Services are no longer available for the perpetual Software listed in the Order(s) and such Software licenses deployed in your environment are running unsupported. VMware, therefore, immediately demands that all use of Support Services associated with VMware Software, including Maintenance Releases/Updates, Minor Releases, Major Releases/Upgrades extensions, enhancements, patches, bug fixes or security patches (with the exception of zero-day security patches for vSphere 7.x and 8.x, CVSS score greater than or equal to 9.0, so long as those are generally provided by VMware at no cost) be ceased. The implementation of any of the aforementioned (excluding select zero-day patches as defined above) past the Expiration Date must be immediately removed/deinstalled. Any such use of Support past the Expiration Date constitutes a material breach of the Agreement with VMware and an infringement of VMware's intellectual property rights, potentially resulting in claims for enhanced damages and attorneys' fees. Additionally, Customer must comply with any post-expiration reporting requirements related to the Order(s) and governing license agreement. Failure to comply with such requirements may result in a breach of the Agreement by Customer and VMware may exercise its right to audit Customer as well as any other available contractual or legal remedy. If you have questions, please contact your Broadcom/VMware Account Director or authorized reseller. This communication shall not prejudice or waive any rights or remedies that Broadcom or VMware may have as respects the subject matter set forth herein, all of which are hereby expressly reserved. Sincerely, <Representative>|Notice of Expiration of Support by Broadcom<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-16 |title=Notice of Expiration of Support by Broadcom |url=https://imgur.com/FbrdQya |url-status= |access-date=2025-09-11}}</ref>]]
==Products==
{{Placeholder box|This is a list of the company's product lines '''with articles on this wiki'''.
* [[Example product line one]] (release date): Short summary of the product's incidents.
* [[Example product line two]] (release date):}}

==See also==
[[Broadcom Inc.]]

<ref>{{Cite news |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-05-07 |title=VMware perpetual license holders receive cease-and-desist letters from Broadcom |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |work=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251013130617/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/broadcom-sends-cease-and-desist-letters-to-subscription-less-vmware-users/ |archive-date=13 Oct 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=HJForsythe |date=2025-04-15 |title=VMWare threatening perpetual license holders than haven't purchased subcriptions. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/ |access-date=2025-09-11 |via=Reddit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425092928/https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1jzqbte/vmware_threatening_perpetual_license_holders_than/ |archive-date=25 Apr 2025}}</ref>

==Alternatives==
Alternatives include the popular free and open source project [https://www.proxmox.com/ Proxmox], which has a less polished user interface but is otherwise functionally very close and is backed by an Austria-based company that offers subscription-based support plans for corporate users and [https://www.qemu.org/ QEMU], a fast emulation software whose name means ‘Quick Emulator’ and is open source.

Linux virtualization (e.g. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization) is available with corporate levels of support. The VMware hypervisor shell is based on Red Hat. Nutanix offers comparable efficiency to VMware.

==References==
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