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This page aims to provide an outline of what types of products to invest in, in hopes of avoiding the pains potentially experienced by companies enacting poor consumer behaviors. While the main goal of this wiki is to articulate all instances where this doesn't happen, this page assists as an escape that may benefit you (the reader) and the overarching goal. The companies making anti-consumer decisions are primarily driven by the goal of capital and financial gain, so by re-allocating investments away from them to better options the incentive to enact those negative policies lessens.

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*How likely am I to maintain an internet connection to this service?

*Can this service alter itself into an incompatible state? Can this service remove functionality that I need?

*Is this service distributed from a centralized organization?

**If so, is there legislation and effective enforcement in said organization's location that protects me from malicious practices with my data?

====Considerations for offline products====

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===Source availability===

Oftentimes companies will not provide or [[~~Security Through Obscurity~~|actively obscure]] details about how a product works. This exacerbates the potential pitfalls mentioned above, but when information is provided it can eliminate many of them.

Oftentimes companies will not provide or [[security through obscurity|actively obscure]] details about how a product works. This exacerbates the potential pitfalls mentioned above, but when information is provided it can eliminate many of them.

====Considerations for physical goods====

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*Does the product provide schematics?

*Are parts available?

**This helps product longevity by making repair easier, regardless of who ~~does it~~.

**This helps product longevity by making repair easier, regardless of who performs the repair.

*Are there anti-repair measures in place?

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 This page aims to provide an outline of what types of products to invest in, in hopes of avoiding the pains potentially experienced by companies enacting poor consumer behaviors. While the main goal of this wiki is to articulate all instances where this doesn't happen, this page assists as an escape that may benefit you (the reader) and the overarching goal. The companies making anti-consumer decisions are primarily driven by the goal of capital and financial gain, so by re-allocating investments away from them to better options the incentive to enact those negative policies lessens.
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 *How likely am I to maintain an internet connection to this service?
 *Can this service alter itself into an incompatible state? Can this service remove functionality that I need?
+*Is this service distributed from a centralized organization?
+**If so, is there legislation and effective enforcement in said organization's location that protects me from malicious practices with my data?
 ====Considerations for offline products====
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 ===Source availability===
-Oftentimes companies will not provide or [[Security Through Obscurity|actively obscure]] details about how a product works. This exacerbates the potential pitfalls mentioned above, but when information is provided it can eliminate many of them.
+Oftentimes companies will not provide or [[security through obscurity|actively obscure]] details about how a product works. This exacerbates the potential pitfalls mentioned above, but when information is provided it can eliminate many of them.
 ====Considerations for physical goods====
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 *Does the product provide schematics?
 *Are parts available?
-**This helps product longevity by making repair easier, regardless of who does it.
+**This helps product longevity by making repair easier, regardless of who performs the repair.
 *Are there anti-repair measures in place?