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::My instinct is that this would end up as a very long list with a lot of unproductive arguments over who should and shouldn't be on it [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 19:45, 19 October 2025 (UTC)

::Since the focus of the list/section is the average user, we could limit it to 10 products or companies from popular markets that have high market share. For example, operating systems are a very popular market compared to e.g. 360 cameras, with a clear leader, "Microsoft Windows," that has many consumer-unfriendly practices, such as requiring online accounts, etc. And we could also use that to link to more consumer-friendly competitors' wiki pages.

::As it’s often pretty clear which markets are popular and who’s leading and also who the biggest competitors are, there shouldn’t be much debate, and if there still is some debate, we could just use a poll on Discord instead of arguing back and forth.

::A short example:

::'''Biggest Offenders and Alternatives'''

::Alphabet: Google Search (Alternative: DuckDuckGo), Chrome (Alternative: Firefox, Ungoogled Chromium)

::Microsoft : Windows 11 (Alternative: MacOs, Linux Distro) [[User:EBones|EBones]] ([[User talk:EBones|talk]]) 13:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

:::Those are mega-corporations that everyone knows commits consumer abuse on a daily basis. There is no real benefit to including them on the main page. Also, there is a search bar for that very reason. [[User:Beanie Bo|Beanie Bo]] ([[User talk:Beanie Bo|talk]]) 13:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC)

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 ::My instinct is that this would end up as a very long list with a lot of unproductive arguments over who should and shouldn't be on it [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 19:45, 19 October 2025 (UTC)
 ::Since the focus of the list/section is the average user, we could limit it to 10 products or companies from popular markets that have high market share. For example, operating systems are a very popular market compared to e.g. 360 cameras, with a clear leader, "Microsoft Windows," that has many consumer-unfriendly practices, such as requiring online accounts, etc. And we could also use that to link to more consumer-friendly competitors' wiki pages.
 ::As it’s often pretty clear which markets are popular and who’s leading and also who the biggest competitors are, there shouldn’t be much debate, and if there still is some debate, we could just use a poll on Discord instead of arguing back and forth.
 ::A short example:
 ::'''Biggest Offenders and Alternatives'''
 ::<u>Alphabet: Google Search</u> (Alternative: <u>DuckDuckGo)</u>, <u>Chrome</u> (Alternative: <u>Firefox, Ungoogled Chromium</u>)
 ::<u>Microsoft : Windows 11</u> (Alternative: <u>MacOs, Linux Distro)</u> [[User:EBones|EBones]] ([[User talk:EBones|talk]]) 13:01, 20 October 2025 (UTC)
+:::Those are mega-corporations that everyone knows commits consumer abuse on a daily basis. There is no real benefit to including them on the main page. Also, there is a search bar for that very reason. [[User:Beanie Bo|Beanie Bo]] ([[User talk:Beanie Bo|talk]]) 13:05, 20 October 2025 (UTC)