Article suggestions
This page is dedicated towards providing a communal list for users to submit potential articles to feature on the wiki, and to give editors inspiration on what pages they might want to add to the wiki. If you create an article based on an entry from this list, or see that someone else has done so, please make sure to delete the row from this page in order to prevent confusion.
Sources should be inserted within the 'refs' section of the table. If using the visual editor, take advantage of 'insert reference' via 'ctrl + shift + k' so that the sources are quick to add to future articles. If you are using the source editor, feel free to copy and paste the formatting from other correctly formatted references on the page. The more sources you include with an article idea, the more likely it is that others will pick the article idea up and run with it, so please attempt to include a good variety of descriptive sources!
Please take note of the wiki's Inclusion criteria when submitting article suggestions. If you see article suggestions here which do not fit the Wiki, feel free to remove them, leaving your reasoning in an edit note.
If you are an editor looking for further inspiration to write an article, you can also check out the Louis Rossmann video directory for a good collection of potential articles.
Example
Below is an example of what an entry should appear as:
| Company | Summary of Incident | Refs |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | In 2025, the company Nintendo stripped Switch 2 consoles that used the MIG switch cartridge of all online functionality | [1][2] |
List of incidents not yet covered
List of themes not yet covered
Consumer Rights Wiki is not an encyclopedia.
- Before proposing or making a theme article, see if you can find an article that covers the topic on wikipedia, or some other reference. If you can, just use a reference to that.
- Check the list of theme articles Category:common terms, to be sure there isn't already an article on the topic, or one closely related. Sometimes a theme may be covered by generalizing an existing article.
| Theme | Summary of Theme | Refs |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-rollback or ARB for device firmware | most recent example being Oneplus phone update introduces hardware anti-rollback but ain't exclusive to it. Also implemented by Samsung, DJI (link found from DJI) and likely many more. | |
| SLAPP suits and legal intimidation | There are increasing instances of companies using lawyers to silence product reviewers and other content creators by sending Cease & Desist letters to threaten and intimidate, and sometimes actually filing lawsuits against creators because they shared an opinion or exposed a flaw that makes the company look bad.
Rationale for inclusion on this Wiki: Honest product reviews serve to protect consumers from companies who manipulate and lie to customers about the quality, source, and real-world applicability of their products. Using lawyers to silence dissent directly hurts both content creators and consumers. I believe Louis has covered or mentioned each of these Refs in his videos. |
[3] [4] [5] |
| Unfinished, insanely buggy games pushed for release | Games are continually being pushed for release without having been finished and/or the major kinks ironed out. If they were an alpha/beta release it'd be understandable but no its full blown "stable" release. | [6] |
List of companies doing the right thing
It would be helpful to include examples of companies doing the right thing, even if they aren't, strictly speaking, consumer products.
| Company | Good deed | Refs |
|---|---|---|
| APSystems | After requests from users, the company released a firmware update that adds a local API to their EZ-1M solar micro inverter, allowing it to remain fully usable if the company ends support for the device | [7] |
| Concept2 | Readily provides parts and diagrams. Exists under a Perpetual Purpose Trust. | |
| Core Devices (from creator of Pebble Smartwatches) | Not strictly Core Devices, but when Pebble was sold to Fitbit, the servers remained online for some time, and the Pebble app was updated to allow the Rebble community project to take over some of the Pebble server-side functionality. All backers of the upcoming Pebble 2 series of watches were refunded in full, despite it being a crowd-funding campaign.
Following Google's acquisition of Fitbit and after many years, Google released much of the Pebble Smart Watch source code on github (excluding proprietary libraries). Core Devices and Rebble replaced the usage of the proprietary libraries with open source alternatives, and released new Android and iOS apps, not only supporting the new core devices, but bringing updated support to legacy Pebble devices. |
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| GOG.com | GOG provides DRM-free games that include offline backup game installers.
Through their game preservation program they help to keep older games playable on modern hardware. |
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| Home Assistant | Open-source smart home platform that provides local control, automation, and interoperability for a wide range of smart home devices. Provides support for many cloud devices after they're subject to discontinuation bricking. | [8] |
| Numatic International | A UK based manufacture of commercial and consumer wet/dry floor cleaning products (vacuums, scrubbers, floor buffers) that provides a robust library of technical documents, parts breakdowns, data sheets and training for free on both new and existing products without the need to login, pay additional fees or be an approved repair facility. | |
| Oral-B | When installing the Android App, there is no login, and the user is asked for analytics tracking consent. | |
| ratgdo | A garage door opener controller developed by Paul Wieland, allowing you to locally control it (namely Chamberlain openers that would otherwise require the MyQ app for smart home features). | [9] |
| stevesgames.co.uk | Will never put ads or in-app purchases in their computer games and will make gamees available for free after securing the companys future. | |
| Tektronix | Provided extensive product data on unsupported products to a museum, vintageTEK, and thus to tekwiki and the rest of the community. | [10] |
| Ulanzi | The company offers a tutorial on how users can mix their own fog juice to use with Ulanzi mini fog machines from readily available low-cost ingredients, whereas competitors sell proprietary fog juice at extortionate prices, refuse to release the formula and refuse to honour the warranty if users use anything but the OEM brand with their machines. | [11] |
See Also
Reference List
- ↑ Scattered Brain (Jun 16, 2025). "Soo... Nintendo banned my Switch 2 (Don't try the MIG Switch!)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 29 Jun 2025. Retrieved Jun 18, 2025.
- ↑ Orland, Kyle (Jun 17, 2025). "Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game "backups"". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 Jun 2025. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuDIMztL9OU.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STcKvMuYdf4.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Isaac, Mike; Browning, Kellen (2020-12-19). "Cyberpunk 2077 Was Supposed to Be the Biggest Video Game of the Year. What Happened?". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "APsystems EZHI Local API User Manual". global.apsystems.com. Archived from the original on 9 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Home Assistant". Archived from the original on 2026-01-29. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
- ↑ Wieland, Paul. "About - ratgdo". Archived from the original on 2025-12-13. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
- ↑ Lenihan, Thomas F. (2012-02-28). "Copyright Notice". vintageTEK museum. Archived from the original on 2025-08-28. Retrieved 2025-10-18.
- ↑ "Tutorial | How to DIY Ulanzi FM01 Fog Machine Juice?" (Video).