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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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**This can allow patches if unwanted updates are pushed or support is dropped.

*Are there [[DRM]] measures in place?

*Is this software distributed from a centralized organization?

**If so, is there legislation in said organization's location that may weaken your data's security and privacy?

[[Category:Common terms]]

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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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 **This can allow patches if unwanted updates are pushed or support is dropped.
 *Are there [[DRM]] measures in place?
-*Is this software distributed from a centralized organization?
-**If so, is there legislation in said organization's location that may weaken your data's security and privacy?
 [[Category:Common terms]]