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Example
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| 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
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| 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. | |
| Car manufacturers replacing physical controls by touch-screens | This is increasingly common, and puts drivers at risk. Some corps pretend touchscreens are a "premium" or "modern" feature, but are typically cheaper for them | |
| Content delivery network (CDN) | WP, see also Cloud (service). While helpful, they can infer the browsing history of millions of users across sites. The bigger their monopoly, the more cross-site tracking power they have. Even GDPR has been against using CDNs in some situations. Examples of CDN: CloudFront (see Amazon AWS), Cloudflare, Microsoft Azure, Fastly, etc... |
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 | [3] |
| 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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| Fairphone | The new Fairphones (5th and 6th generation) are availible with stock android as well as e/os, which is a fork of lineage os and a european alternative cloud provider (murena) instead of google. This has many privacy features (app tracker blocker, tor network usage, and gps spoofing) availible in a few clicks. Also degoogle apps (microg, safetynet, ...) are preinstalled therefore it is w´possible to install everything also from playstore with an anonymous account. As e/os is a fork of lineage os and there is an official guide to flash the fairphone with e/os and is officially supported, flashing lineage os is very easy. | [4][5] |
| Framework | They have 10/10 repair score by iFixit site for most of their products. They also support right to repair themselves. | [6][7] |
| 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] |
| Noctua | Extremely long support for old products and availability of upgrade kits | [9] |
| 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. | |
| Orange Pi (Shenzhen Xunlong Software Co., Ltd.) | Commitment to Open Source Hardware and Transparency. (written with help of AI)
Public Schematics, Open Documentation (extensive datasheets for the SoCs), Right to Repair Friendly by using standardized components and providing the "map" (schematics) to the board. Community-Centric: hey actively support the "maker" ecosystem by allowing third-party OS developers (like Armbian) easy access to the hardware information needed to keep older boards running for a decade or more. |
http://www.orangepi.org/index.html |
| Philips | Added files for replacement parts to Printables so you can 3D print parts for your Philips products | [10] |
| 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). | [11] |
| Reticulum | Reticulum is an open-source, decentralized networking stack designed to communicate between practically any wireless device, even without internet. Its purpose is to provide fully anonymous end-to-end encrypted communication by default, especially in the age of government surveillance. The Reticulum network, protocol, and hardware are not tied any company in particular but were initially created by Github user 'markqvist'. Honorable mention to NomadNet, which is a network of nodes that serve webpages, similar to the internet, that communicate via Reticulum. | [12] |
| RME Audio | Audio equipment manufacturer that provides reliable, high-quality audio interfaces and equipment with driver and firmware support that spans 15+ years. Extensive documentation and support for both Mac, Windows, and USB Class-Compliant machines on all of their products across several OS generations ensures compatibility, transparency, and a dedication for keeping old hardware alive. | [13][14] |
| 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. | |
| Sweetwater Sound | The largest US-focused audio and music retailer that offers one of the best customer support systems to customers. Provides near 24x7 support with each customer being designated to a dedicated "sales engineer" who becomes the primary point of contact, with support networks that have direct contact to product vendors. Also contributes to more than 600 non-profits across the US. Also keeps outdated or obsolete product pages online as references, acting as a sort of music product database for most audio vendors. | [15] |
| Tektronix | Provided extensive product data on unsupported products to a museum, vintageTEK, and thus to tekwiki and the rest of the community. | [16] |
| 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. | [17] |
| ZSA | This company produces programmable ergonomic keyboards. They have 10/10 repair score by iFixit site for one of their keyboards [18]. They also support right to repair themselves [19]. They have their own web software to modify keyboard layout [20], but it's possible to download source code of your layout and compile and flash it yourself using their fork of the QMK [21]. The flashing can be done with standard tools, without any signing and bootloader unlocking. |
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 22 Feb 2026. 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 22 Dec 2025. Retrieved Jun 19, 2025.
- ↑ "APsystems EZHI Local API User Manual". global.apsystems.com. Archived from the original on 7 Nov 2025.
- ↑ "How to manually install Android on your Fairphone". 2026-02-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "The Fairphone (Gen. 6) with privacy first /e/OS".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Sustainability". Framework.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Frauenheim, Carsten. "Framework Laptop 13 Repair". iFixit.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Home Assistant". Archived from the original on 2026-01-29. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
- ↑ LMG Clips (19 Feb 2026). "The Last CPU Cooler You Will Ever Buy". Archived from the original on 23 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Philips". Printables.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Wieland, Paul. "About - ratgdo". Archived from the original on 2025-12-13. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
- ↑ markqvist. "Reticulum Network". Reticulum. Archived from the original on 22 Feb 2026. Retrieved 2026-02-15.
- ↑ "RME". RME-usa.com. 28 Apr 2026. Retrieved 28 Apr 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "RME Downloads". RME-usa.com. 28 Apr 2026. Retrieved 28 Apr 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Why Choose Sweetwater?". Sweetwater.com. 30 Apr 2026. Retrieved 30 Apr 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 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). (Archived)
- ↑ "ErgoDox EZ Keyboard Repairability Assessment".
- ↑ "Supporting the Right to Repair".
- ↑ "Voyager default layout".
- ↑ "QMK, forked for ZSA's Oryx Configurator (to safeguard stability)".