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Right now we don't have these incidents organised chronologically, maybe we should have a table with a timeline of measures Google takes to enshittify and close down Android (more APIs moved to Play Services, Developer verification, withholding AOSP device trees for Pixel devices to mess with Graphene OS, now delayed source code disclosure). What's worst, they always cite safety as a reason.

|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Google wants to make Android phones safer by switching to ‘risk-based’ security updates |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/android-risk-based-security-updates-3597466/}}</ref>

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|McDonald's/Taylor

|McDonald's US mandates which ice cream machine has to be used by franchise licensees. The company that makes these machines uses deliberately obfuscated error codes to force restaurant owners to use their expensive tech service to fix them and reset the machines. The company makes more money from these "repairs" support than with actual sales. Not strictly end consumer, but the pattern warrants documenting imo.

A similar problem exists with Doremi (Dolby) cinema projectors where their DRM leads to a ridiculous number of actions breaking the so-called "marriage" (projector-media block unity), requiring a costly technician to reset it. This one needs sources researched, though, as I don't have one on hand.

|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCpY3tFTIA}}</ref>

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|Logitech

|Logitech is switching off their Pop series of 130€ smart home switches with just two weeks' notice, offers 15% store discount as compensation

|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/EOL-Logitechs-POP-Schalter-werden-in-zwei-Wochen-zu-Elektroschrott-10701386.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp}}</ref>

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Why include: Advertising is pervasive online, and increasingly showing up in devices. Many sources, including US government agencies, suggest ad block as a way of enhancing security. Ad block can help consumers own their own devices by controlling what they do. There are efforts to use copyright law (e.g., DMCA/spotify/revanced, and German court case) to force you to run programs on your device. See also, [[Advertising overload]]

|[https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/german_court_ruling_ad_blocking/]

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|[[Smart meter]]

|Utility (e.g., electricity, gas, water) meter that is programmable and typically communicates.

Issues: Demand/time of day pricing. Surveilance (patterns in electricity use identify when users home, what appliances they are using, etc.) Security issues (remote manipulation).

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|[[Cloud]]

|Somebody else's computer. See also: [[Self-hosting|Self-hosting,]] [[Software as a service]] Examples: [[OneDrive]], [[ICloud]], [[Ring]]

Issues: Legal protections your vs. somebody else's computer. Recovery when lose credentials. etc.

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 Right now we don't have these incidents organised chronologically, maybe we should have a table with a timeline of measures Google takes to enshittify and close down Android (more APIs moved to Play Services, Developer verification, withholding AOSP device trees for Pixel devices to mess with Graphene OS, now delayed source code disclosure). What's worst, they always cite safety as a reason.
 |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exclusive: Google wants to make Android phones safer by switching to ‘risk-based’ security updates |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/android-risk-based-security-updates-3597466/}}</ref>
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+|McDonald's/Taylor
+|McDonald's US mandates which ice cream machine has to be used by franchise licensees. The company that makes these machines uses deliberately obfuscated error codes to force restaurant owners to use their expensive tech service to fix them and reset the machines. The company makes more money from these "repairs" support than with actual sales. Not strictly end consumer, but the pattern warrants documenting imo.
+A similar problem exists with Doremi (Dolby) cinema projectors where their DRM leads to a ridiculous number of actions breaking the so-called "marriage" (projector-media block unity), requiring a costly technician to reset it. This one needs sources researched, though, as I don't have one on hand.
+|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCpY3tFTIA}}</ref>
+|-
+|Logitech
+|Logitech is switching off their Pop series of 130€ smart home switches with just two weeks' notice, offers 15% store discount as compensation
+|<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www-heise-de.translate.goog/news/EOL-Logitechs-POP-Schalter-werden-in-zwei-Wochen-zu-Elektroschrott-10701386.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de&_x_tr_pto=wapp}}</ref>
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 Why include: Advertising is pervasive online, and increasingly showing up in devices.  Many sources, including US government agencies, suggest ad block as a way of enhancing security.  Ad block can help consumers own their own devices by controlling what they do.  There are efforts to use copyright law (e.g., DMCA/spotify/revanced, and German court case) to force you to run  programs on your device.  See also, [[Advertising overload]]
 |[https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/german_court_ruling_ad_blocking/]
+|-
+|[[Smart meter]]
+|Utility (e.g., electricity, gas, water) meter that is programmable and typically communicates.
+Issues: Demand/time of day pricing.  Surveilance (patterns in electricity use identify when users home, what appliances they are using, etc.)  Security issues (remote manipulation).
+|
+|-
+|[[Cloud]]
+|Somebody else's computer.  See also: [[Self-hosting|Self-hosting,]] [[Software as a service]]  Examples: [[OneDrive]], [[ICloud]], [[Ring]]
+Issues: Legal protections your vs. somebody else's computer.  Recovery when lose credentials.  etc.
+|
 |}