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::::Many people outside our circle know little about common consumer violations and never heard of alternatives such as DuckDuckGo. It should be on the main page, since again it is meant for the average user and could serve as a beginners guide.

::::I think it is a very common issue among consumer rights advocates that they don't properly consider how the average person acts and thinks. [[User:EBones|EBones]] ([[User talk:EBones|talk]]) 13:34, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

:::::Does something like this exist someplace else (as a resource we might link to)?

:::::Especially since the examples you picked are all out of software, it seems like something somebody might have done already? If not, is there some theme article that such content could naturally fit into? (e.g., is it about owning your computer?)

:::::A few things to think about if you want to pursue it:

:::::Is the purpose to highlight/direct people to content here, or something else?

:::::(e.g., I couldn't find an article here about Google search. If not about navigating here, the front page may not be best place for it.)

:::::May want to refine/clarify the selection criteria for categories. (e.g., I think cellphones may be more popular than desktops in consumer space, so why a desktop OS? How is MacOS an alt. to Win 11 if it doesn't run on same hardware? I think MacOS had a bunch of consumer issues similar to Win 11, so not sure it clearly better.) Also there was some policy about mentioning alternative products someplace in [[Consumer Rights Wiki:Wiki policy index]].

:::::If I think of major consumer areas, I think: shelter, food, communications and utilities, transportation/automobiles, work, medicine/health, entertainment, financial.

:::::Could there maybe be another way to approach the same sort of beginner guidance you want? You might look at the list of article types and see if there is some place that it might fit.

:::::There is this guide, [[Customer Privacy Guide]] which somebody was working on. However I would check with the moderators before working on that, since it does not seem to fit the stated policy guidance on guides. [[User:Drakeula|Drakeula]] ([[User talk:Drakeula|talk]]) 06:28, 21 October 2025 (UTC)

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 ::::Many people outside our circle know little about common consumer violations and never heard of alternatives such as DuckDuckGo. It should be on the main page, since again it is meant for the average user and could serve as a beginners guide.
 ::::I think it is a very common issue among consumer rights advocates that they don't properly consider how the average person acts and thinks. [[User:EBones|EBones]] ([[User talk:EBones|talk]]) 13:34, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
+:::::Does something like this exist someplace else (as a resource we might link to)?
+:::::Especially since the examples you picked are all out of software, it seems like something somebody might have done already?  If not, is there some theme article that such content could naturally fit into?  (e.g., is it about owning your computer?)
+:::::A few things to think about if you want to pursue it:
+:::::Is the purpose to highlight/direct people to content here, or something else?
+:::::(e.g., I couldn't find an article here about Google search.  If not about navigating here, the front page may not be best place for it.)
+:::::May want to refine/clarify the selection criteria for categories.  (e.g., I think cellphones may be more popular than desktops in consumer space, so why a desktop OS? How is MacOS an alt. to Win 11 if it doesn't run on same hardware?  I think MacOS had a bunch of consumer issues similar to Win 11, so not sure it clearly better.)  Also there was some policy about mentioning alternative products someplace in [[Consumer Rights Wiki:Wiki policy index]].
+:::::If I think of major consumer areas, I think: shelter, food, communications and utilities, transportation/automobiles, work, medicine/health, entertainment, financial.
+:::::Could there maybe be another way to approach the same sort of beginner guidance you want?  You might look at the list of article types and see if there is some place that it might fit.
+:::::There is this guide, [[Customer Privacy Guide]] which somebody was working on.  However I would check with the moderators before working on that, since it does not seem to fit the stated policy guidance on guides.  [[User:Drakeula|Drakeula]] ([[User talk:Drakeula|talk]]) 06:28, 21 October 2025 (UTC)