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==Consumer-impact summary==

*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matthew |date=2025-10-18 |title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]

*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matthew |date=2025-10-18 |title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020120810/https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |archive-date=2025-10-20 |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]

*User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-11-21 |title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA |archive-date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-29 |title=Terms and Conditions |url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Arduino}}</ref>

*Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.

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*Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem

*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-24 |title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |url-status=live |website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>

*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-24 |title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201034429/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |archive-date=2025-12-01 |website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>

==Products==

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 ==Consumer-impact summary==
-*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matthew |date=2025-10-18 |title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
+*User Freedom: Before the Qualcomm buyout, Arduino was centered around free and open source software and hardware<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Matthew |date=2025-10-18 |title=Qualcomm Buys Arduino, and the Open-Source Community Is Skeptical |url=https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251020120810/https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source |archive-date=2025-10-20 |access-date=2026-05-05 |work=IEEE Spectrum}}</ref>, allowing even other companies to manufacture Arduino boards. After Qualcomm acquired the company... [Section to be finished]
 *User Privacy: Post-acquisition, the company has claimed Qualcomm holds an irrevocable perpetual license over all projects uploaded to Arduino's servers, as well as retention of user data in a way that violates GDPR and similar legal acts.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-11-21 |title=EEVblog 1721 - RIP Arduino (New T&C Deep Dive) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204170410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO7hdxyCNCA |archive-date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=2025-11-25 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2025-10-29 |title=Terms and Conditions |url=https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260222001450/https://www.arduino.cc/en/terms-conditions |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-11-25 |website=Arduino}}</ref>
 *Business Model: The sale of microcontrollers and microprocessors, referred to as Arduinos.
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 *Global data integration of all user data (including minors' data) into Qualcomm's ecosystem
-*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-24 |title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |url-status=live |website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>
+*User shall not translate, decompile or reverse-engineer the Platform, or engage in any other activity designed to identify the algorithms and logic of the Platform’s operation<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-11-24 |title=Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251201034429/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/ |archive-date=2025-12-01 |website=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref>
 ==Products<!-- Copied from: https://store.arduino.cc/ -->==