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2026-03-13T23:16:06Z

Marc84: /* The list */ Update archive status for pages

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/13
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS charges for previously free service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Authy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant (HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bunnings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Burger King]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung Gear 360 software and services discontinued]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
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|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
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|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
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|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
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|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
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|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines obfuscates web check-in form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GUIDE: HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ILife]]||N/A||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[KFC]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwik Trip]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's 2017 India Leak]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's Japan malware attack]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{Yes}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Papa John's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Megalodon
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Robin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Taco Bell]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tim Hortons app collects user data without consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tokyo Marui]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Twitch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[UPS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[USAGov]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Reveddit
|-
|[[Uber]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[VMware]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Venmo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verizon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VidIQ]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Visa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Vitalant]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Vizio]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archvie; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vont]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 14.)
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vultr]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Walmart]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Waymo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wemo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note:No archival possible for ref 22.)
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 10.)
|-
|[[Western Digital]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube (Note: No archival possible for academic report 2) & 3) [Paywalled])
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.todayl PreserveTube
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wink]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wondershare]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today; Preservetube
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wyze]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[X Corp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xcode]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xlear]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yandex]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[YouTube]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[YouTube age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Yubo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yum! Brands]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Zyxel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

Doordash

2026-03-13T23:05:17Z

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{{CompanyCargo
|Description=American store-to-house delivery service primarily used for food delivery.
|Founded=2013-01
|Industry=Delivery
|Logo=Doordash.png
|ParentCompany=
|Type=Public
|Website=https://www.doordash.com/
}}

[https://www.doordash.com/ DoorDash] was founded in October 2012<ref>{{Cite web |last=Loeb |first=Steven |date=2019-01-04 |title=When DoorDash was young: the early years |url=https://vator.tv/2019-01-04-when-doordash-was-young-the-early-years/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251220050858/https://vator.tv/2019-01-04-when-doordash-was-young-the-early-years/ |archive-date=2025-12-20 |website=vatornews}}</ref>, initially starting as PaloAltoDelivery.com before rebranding to Doordash. The company was founded by three Stanford students Tony Xu, Andy Fang, and Stanley Tang. Its focus is delivery on a wide variety of items, some items include fresh meals from nearby restaurants, groceries, convenience store items, OTC (Over the Counter) medicines, flowers, etc... This service operates within the U.S. (United States), Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Doordash is the parent company of Deliverwoo<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-02 |title=DoorDash Completes Acquisition of Deliveroo |url=https://ir.doordash.com/news/news-details/2025/DoorDash-Completes-Acquisition-of-Deliveroo/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251002135121/https://ir.doordash.com/news/news-details/2025/DoorDash-Completes-Acquisition-of-Deliveroo/default.aspx |archive-date=2025-10-02 |website=DoorDash}}</ref> and Wolt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-01 |title=DoorDash Completes Acquisition of Wolt |url=https://ir.doordash.com/news/news-details/2022/DoorDash-Completes-Acquisition-of-Wolt/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251022105628/https://ir.doordash.com/news/news-details/2022/DoorDash-Completes-Acquisition-of-Wolt/default.aspx |archive-date=2025-10-22 |website=Doordash}}</ref>

==Consumer-impact summary==
Over the years of operation DoorDash has found itself in many controversial consumer and workers violations. Some of the most notable being:

*Withholding dashers funds (up to weeks or months) for delivering orders
*Lack of Business transparency especially with delivery fees and higher menu pricing
*Exposing millions of sensitive dashers and company information in a breach
*Adding restaurants to their platform to order without the business's consent
*Using driver tips to cover the cost of other deliveries
*Using [https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Buy_Now_Pay_Later BNPL] (Buy Now Pay Later) services to target the financially challenged consumers
*Using AI to falsely advertise what menu items look like
*Subsidizing Dashpass subscriptions by passing commission rates onto business's
*Multiple lawsuits due to unfair business practices

==Incidents==

===Withholding funds for contracted drivers===
According to Doordash, <blockquote>"Dashers get paid on a weekly basis for all deliveries or tasks completed between Monday - Sunday of the previous week (ending Sunday at midnight local time). Payments are transferred directly to your bank account through Direct Deposit and usually take 2-3 days to show up in your bank account, so payments will appear by Wednesday night."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=When do Dashers get paid? |url=https://help.doordash.com/dashers/s/article/When-do-Dashers-get-paid?language=en_US |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Doordash |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251211152640/https://help.doordash.com/dashers/s/article/When-do-Dashers-get-paid?language=en_US |archive-date=11 Dec 2025}}</ref></blockquote>Even though they are treated like contractors they are still payed within a weekly basis instead of a quota based system. Many users who contract with Doordash need funds quickly to be able to cover daily expenses. This puts the dashers in a tough spot relying on cash tips, if any, to continue to get by until they are able to retrieve their weekly pay. However Doordash has already thought of this and created Fastpay.<blockquote>"Fast Pay allows Dashers to cash out their earnings daily for a small fee of $1.99. This means that Dashers can receive their earnings on demand through DoorDash, rather than waiting for their weekly direct deposit or using a third party service."<ref name=":3" /></blockquote>By holding dashers funds they are incurring free interest on the money by not paying out the dasher as soon as a delivery is completed. By taking advantage of desperate workers they can make more money off of the original transaction.

===Charging users unclear "fees" for delivery===
Like many businesses, Doordash does need to cover expenses that the company has. The issue lies with the transparency of how they do business with the customer base within their app. Many consumers have taken a legal class action lawsuit against Doordash.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Chloe |date=2023-06-09 |title=DoorDash Faces $1B Lawsuit Over Delivery Fees: 'Dupes Naive Consumers' - Newsweek |url=https://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-doordash-sue-iphone-android-1805387 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Newsweek |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251117071046/https://www.newsweek.com/lawsuit-doordash-sue-iphone-android-1805387 |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref> The suit alleges Doordash's unfair Value based pricing by leveraging their algorithm and pricing model changes on a per customer basis; and not what they order. Specific examples include: delivery fee, any form of a hidden marketing fee or hidden commission fee.<ref name=":4" /> Doordash has denied all alleged claims, referring to them as a "copy-and-paste job".

This is combined with the fact that Doordash's menu prices are also considerably higher than those of the original venues where items could be purchased. "Without letting consumers know, DoorDash is able to raise the prices of menu items in order to turn a greater profit."<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Mallory |first=Paul |date=2023-08-23 |title=DoorDash Prices Higher Than Menu |url=https://consumergravity.com/doordash-prices-higher-than-menu/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=ConsumerGravity |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251117065546/https://consumergravity.com/doordash-prices-higher-than-menu/ |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref> leaving consumers none the wiser unless they actually checked by either visiting a company site (which may not be possible due to them handling takeout) or going in person to check their pricing. This leaves the consumer completely unaware that they are being overcharged on the goods being provided by the service. While some restaurants have admitted to allowing price increases for delivery, in some cases "this is even done without the restaurant’s permission. Which means that they are also not receiving any of the extra money."<ref name=":9" /> leaving Doordash to pocket all the extra profit for itself on top of all the other fees it charges for it's services.
===Data breach exposing millions of dashers and company info<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-04-08 |title=DoorDash - Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoorDash |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Wikipedia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260122073115/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoorDash |archive-date=22 Jan 2026}}</ref>===
In mid 2019, Doordash suffered a data breach that affected 4.9 million customers, drivers, and businesses sensitive information combined. Individuals that had joined Doordash after April 5th of 2018 were not affected. This breach took 5 months to be found. Doordash claims that "a third-party service provider," was to blame for this leak, but the third party was never named. The types of data exposed is listed in the chart below.
{| class="wikitable"
|+<big>Breached Data that was exposed</big> <ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Coban |first=Erkin |date=2025-04-08 |title=DoorDash Fees and Commissions for Restaurants: Detailed 2025 Guide - Restaurant Success Blog {{!}} Menuviel |url=https://blog.menuviel.com/doordash-fees-and-commissions-for-restaurants/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251117164837/https://blog.menuviel.com/doordash-fees-and-commissions-for-restaurants/ |archive-date=2025-11-17 |website=Menuviel}}</ref>
!Customers
|name, email and delivery addresses, order history, phone numbers, hashed & salted passwords and the last four digits of their payment cards taken.
|-
!Dashers
|last four digits of their bank account numbers stolen, Approximately 100,000 had their drivers license stolen.
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!Companies
|last four digits of their bank account numbers stolen
|}
Many consumers complained the year before about their account being hacked, but were assured by Doordash that it was not a breach and "claimed attackers were running credential stuffing attacks". This shows they did not take customers reports seriously and had a breach shortly after, due to the company's opsec negligence.

===Adding restaurants to their platform without other business's consent===
Starting around 2020, Doordash had decided that the company needed more outreach. To do this, the company started adding businesses that had no arrangements for takeout or delivery without the owners consent.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Pershan |first=Caleb |date=2020-01-29 |title=Delivery Apps Keep Adding Restaurants Without Their Consent - Eater |url=https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-kin-khao-online-delivery-mistake-doordash |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=EATER |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251121074826/https://www.eater.com/2020/1/29/21113416/grubhub-seamless-kin-khao-online-delivery-mistake-doordash |archive-date=21 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Settembre |first=Jeanette |date=2020-01-21 |title=DoorDash, Grubhub skewered by small restaurants for posting menus without permission {{!}} Fox Business |url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/doordash-grubhub-restaurant-listing-without-permission.amp |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251126090555/https://www.foxbusiness.com/small-business/doordash-grubhub-restaurant-listing-without-permission |archive-date=2025-11-26 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Fox Business}}</ref> This has led to increased stress on businesses that were not ready for a higher influx of volume orders but also being charged up to 30% in referral fees depending on the business.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":7" /> Many small corporations and restaurants were impacted the most due to these policies; mostly because profit margins are usually lower than a multi billion dollar franchise that has been tailored to do takeout for decades, or industry chains that are used to higher order volumes. Behavior like this may end up running smaller unprepared business operations to close permanently, leaving only the bigger corporations to compete for the consumers' purchasing power.

===Pocketing driver app tips to payout other dashers<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Glenn |first=Lindey |date=2025-03-31 |title=DoorDash’s $1 BILLION Lawsuit: Exposing DoorDash’s Predatory Business Model |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-gPld7e3do |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Youtube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=A-gPld7e3do |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Letitia |date=2025-02-24 |title=Attorney General James Secures $16.75 Million from DoorDash for Cheating Delivery Workers Out of Tips |url=https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-secures-1675-million-doordash-cheating-delivery-workers |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=NY GOV |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260204085541/https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-secures-1675-million-doordash-cheating-delivery-workers |archive-date=4 Feb 2026}}</ref>===
In February 24 of 2025, a press release statement New York Attorney General Letitia James released the results of their investigation stating that Doordash, between May 2017 and September 2019,<blockquote>“used customer tips to offset the base pay it had already guaranteed to workers, instead of giving workers the full tips they rightfully earned.”<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=2025-02-25 |title=DoorDash Settlement: Millions to Be Paid to Drivers For Pocketed Tips |url=https://www.today.com/food/news/doordash-settlement-payout-rcna193728 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=TODAY |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251117213552/https://www.today.com/food/news/doordash-settlement-payout-rcna193728 |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref></blockquote>Doordash has lost this lawsuit and was ordered to pay a hefty sum for mistreating the contractors about transparent pay as seen below: <blockquote>"DoorDash will pay $16.75 million in restitution for Dashers and up to $1 million in settlement administrator costs to help issue the payments."<ref name=":8" /></blockquote>Doordash has responded to the litigation loss by stating it was an ''"old pay structure"'' as they are currently using a newer one where contractors keep all their tips.

The old pay structure that Doordash's PR team was referring to would only show dashers tip amount if it was higher than what Doordash was willing to pay them for that contract batch. In many cases when the tip amount failed to surpass what the company was willing to pay the dasher for the order it was often taken and spread across other orders that may have had a lower initial payout. This ''"old pay structure"'' has impacted over 63,000 New Yorker's alone.

===Using BNPL services to target the financially challenged consumers===
As of March 2025, Doordash has decided to partner up with Klarna for [[Buy Now Pay Later|BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later)]] services.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brooke |date=2025-03-24 |title=DoorDash now offering eat now, pay later payments through Klarna |url=https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/lifestyle/DoorDash-now-offering-eat-now-pay-later-payments-through-klarna/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=New York Post |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251128204014/https://nypost.com/2025/03/24/lifestyle/doordash-now-offering-eat-now-pay-later-payments-through-klarna/ |archive-date=28 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-20 |title=DoorDash Partners with Klarna to Offer US Customers Even More Convenience with Flexible Payments {{!}} DoorDash |url=https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-partners-with-klarna |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112074016/https://about.doordash.com/en-us/news/doordash-partners-with-klarna |archive-date=2025-11-12 |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=Doordash}}</ref> This partnership is aimed at the consumers that want food delivery but are currently unable to afford it. However, it's a deceptive practice that can further financially ruin consumers. While [[Buy Now Pay Later|BNPL]] can defer payments interest free, it does charge late fees. Consumers that are already financially strapped for cash may find it difficult to repay these loans if they are not careful. This may boost Doordash's profits by taking advantage of consumers that are not financially savvy.

===Using Dashpass subscription model to surcharge business's on order commissions===
<blockquote>"About eight months after Washington, D.C. placed a 15% cap on third-party delivery commission fees to help restaurants during the pandemic, DoorDash appears to have found a workaround. According to the Washington City Paper, restaurants that use DoorDash’s DashPass subscription feature were sent a notice stating that the cap is “only applicable to Classic orders” and doesn’t apply to the DashPass program."..."DoorDash calls DashPass an “optional, premium offering and separate from DoorDash’s core services.” The company said that beginning Dec. 9, it will begin charging restaurants the contractual rate in their original agreements, City Paper reports. The changes to DashPash charges are part of a limited test in fewer than five cities, including D.C. and cities in the Bay Area."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kelso |first=Alicia |date=2020-12-07 |title=DoorDash hit with cease-and-desist letter from DC attorney general {{!}} Restaurant Dive |url=https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/doordash-could-use-dashpash-as-a-workaround-to-delivery-fee-caps/591701/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223040105/https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/doordash-could-use-dashpash-as-a-workaround-to-delivery-fee-caps/591701/ |archive-date=2026-02-23 |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=Restaurant Dive}}</ref></blockquote>By using this workaround, Doordash has negatively impacted many small businesses and restaurants that operate within the area. They did, however, allow ''"Merchants can choose to opt out of DashPass at any time, a DoorDash spokesperson said"<ref name=":1" />.'' Though there are many consumers that do use Dashpass due to the savings for users that use their delivery services frequently. By opting out, businesses are effectively blacklisting themselves from the users that frequently use the app for deliveries. Doordash's spokesperson justifies this<blockquote>"The spokesperson called delivery fee restrictions a “one-size fits all” solution that impacts the company’s ability to provide quality service and pay. Merchant fees help the company cover business costs like Dasher pay, background checks, occupational Dasher insurance and website upkeep, the spokesperson said."<ref name=":1" /></blockquote>Which apparently the Dashpass subscription that consumers pay does not cover this. This is just an excuse to further pass on costs while maintaining the profits of the subscription and free delivery; which is the main selling point of the subscription service.

This has caught the eye of D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine on December 10 of 2020. They have sent a cease and desist notice on Tuesday warning Doordash that charging restaurants more than 15% on commissions may violate District laws. The company complied two days later stating they "decided not to charge DC restaurants their contractual DashPass rate at this time."<ref name=":1" />

===Using AI to falsely advertise what menu items look like===
With many menus, consumers expect an accurate description of what they are ordering along with the ingredients that are being used to make it. In recent years companies have started relying on AI to generate a description and a complimentary photo of what the dish should look like. But in many cases this was done to falsely advertise to boost sales. We can look to an earlier instance during the lock down when ghost kitchens were popular;<blockquote>"Ghost kitchens are allegedly using AI-generated images on food delivery sites such as GrubHub and DoorDash. The images are used to promote online orders from kitchens that solely sell their food via online delivery services. Rather than using real photographers, they are using images of food that do not exist."<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Alex |date=2024-02-28 |title=The photos that you see on food delivery apps are probably AI |url=https://www.diyphotography.net/ghost-kitchens-using-ai-images-on-food-delivery-apps/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=DiyPhotography |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240506084803/https://www.diyphotography.net/ghost-kitchens-using-ai-images-on-food-delivery-apps/ |archive-date=6 May 2024}}</ref></blockquote>Of which many delivered products that did not match the item description at all or was poorer quality than what was shown to them within ordering. Not to mention in many countries<blockquote>"there are firm advertising laws that state exactly what you have to show and what can be substituted in food photography. This helps protect consumers, making sure they get what they order."<ref name=":11" /></blockquote>Meaning when generating a picture of food it is not considered edible by many countries standards and may even be illegal. But industries are constantly changing; custom diffusion models being packaged like Swipeby to provide cheap alternatives to make selling menu items at a higher volume.<blockquote>"The company points to a survey from Snappr, a photography and visual content platform, that found high-quality food photos can increase orders on restaurant delivery apps by 35%."<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Canton |first=Rafael |date=2023-04-07 |title=The picture of that food you’re ordering online may have been created by AI |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90870969/food-delivery-startup-ai-photos-swipeby |url-status=live |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=FastCompany |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241220065420/https://www.fastcompany.com/90870969/food-delivery-startup-ai-photos-swipeby |archive-date=20 Dec 2024}}</ref></blockquote>By seeing the results that such a tool can provide shows how pressing it can be for other businesses to compete if they are not also resorting to the same measures. During this time Doordash had policies about having generative photos for menu items; the founder however thinks things will change soon as he said "Give it six months, that will change,” he says. “I will bet money on it. Because with AI generation right now, it makes so much sense."<ref name=":12" /> And as of 2025 Doordash has launched it's own tool for generating AI menus on it's platform which is able to generate descriptions and pictures of an item being listed.<blockquote>''“At DoorDash, we believe AI should make life easier for restaurants—not more complicated. It’s about using automation to enhance the guest experience while keeping the operator’s unique touch front and center,” said Arpit Dhariwal, Head of Product, Merchant Acquisition & Growth at DoorDash. “AI-powered tools are built to take everyday tasks off operators’ plates, allowing restaurants to focus on what matters most—delivering great food and service. We're excited to help drive more orders, save time, and support continued growth for our restaurant partners.”''</blockquote>As we have seen earlier higher profit margins has caught Doordash's attention. Since they also make more money from users seeing results that may resemble the food that will be ordered as a first result. However this tool can be used nefariously like how ghost kitchens used it to falsely advertise the quality and resemblance of the food being shown to the consumers of the app. It may be important to exercise caution from now on against actors that would leverage this tool against the consumer especially since there seems to be nothing in place to warn the consumer that the current item that is being viewed was generated by their AI tool. This leaves an extremely high risk that a consumer may be unsatisfied with an order because it did not match the description or the photo being listed on Doordash.

===Multiple lawsuits due to unlawful business practices<ref name=":2" />===

====Class-action lawsuit for misclassifying workers (2017)====
A class-action litigation suit was filed for Doordash in allegedly labeling delivery workers in California and Massachusetts as independent contractors. An agreement was later reached in 2022 where Doordash payed out $100 million dollars. $61 million would be going to the effected 900,000+ drivers in both states, paying approximately $130 dollars per driver; with the other $28 million going to the lawyers.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Whitney |first=Kimball |date=2021-09-01 |title=DoorDash Settlement Would Pay a Paltry $130 to Workers Instead of Making Them Employees |url=https://gizmodo.com/doordash-settlement-would-pay-a-paltry-130-to-workers-1847586519 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250722153125/https://gizmodo.com/doordash-settlement-would-pay-a-paltry-130-to-workers-1847586519 |archive-date=22 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maeve |first=Allsup |date=2021-12-22 |title=DoorDash $100 Million Driver Settlement Tentatively Approved |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/doordash-100-million-driver-settlement-tentatively-approved |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-07 |website=Bloomberg Law |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251125163732/https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/doordash-100-million-driver-settlement-tentatively-approved |archive-date=25 Nov 2025}}</ref> A quite minor sum for Doordash considering their CEO got payed $413 million dollars just the year before the settlement.<ref name=":13" />

====Data breach lawsuit (2019)====
In early may Doordash had a data breach with over 4.9 million effected individuals. All users who registered past April 5th 2018 were safe from the data that was stolen.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittaker |first=Zack |date=2016-09-26 |title=DoorDash confirms data breach affected 4.9 million customers, workers and merchants |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/doordash-data-breach/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Tech Crunch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260223040204/https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/26/doordash-data-breach/ |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref> This has resulted in a class action in October 2019 against Doordash for not protecting user data.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaak |first=Erin |date=2019-08-04 |title=DoorDash Sued Over 2019 Data Breach Affecting More Than 4.9 Million Users |url=https://www.classaction.org/news/doordash-sued-over-2019-data-breach-affecting-more-than-4-9-million-users |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=Class Action Org |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250825224250/https://www.classaction.org/news/doordash-sued-over-2019-data-breach-affecting-more-than-4-9-million-users |archive-date=25 Aug 2025}}</ref>

====Withholding of tips and subsequent class-action lawsuits (2019)====
In July, Doordash's tipping payout to drivers was critiqued by the New York Times, The Verge and Gothamist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Andy |date=2019-06-21 |title=My Frantic Life as a Cab-Dodging, Tip-Chasing Food App Deliveryman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/doordash-ubereats-food-app-delivery-bike.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=New York Times |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260202084052/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/nyregion/doordash-ubereats-food-app-delivery-bike.html |archive-date=2 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vincent |first=James |date=2019-07-22 |title=Delivery apps like DoorDash are using your tips to pay workers’ wages |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703434/delivery-app-tip-pay-theft-doordash-amazon-flex-instacart |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=The Verge |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260105224455/https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/22/20703434/delivery-app-tip-pay-theft-doordash-amazon-flex-instacart |archive-date=5 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghaffary |first=Shirin |date=2019-08-20 |title=DoorDash is still pocketing workers’ tips, almost a month after it promised to stop |url=https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/20/20825937/doordash-tipping-policy-still-not-changed-food-delivery-app-gig-economy |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Vox |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223040332/https://www.vox.com/recode/2019/8/20/20825937/doordash-tipping-policy-still-not-changed-food-delivery-app-gig-economy |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Lampen |first=Claire |date=2019-07-10 |title=Brooklyn Man Sues DoorDash Over Grifty, Misleading Tip Policy |url=https://gothamist.com/2019/07/30/doordash_tipping_lawsuit.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805221244/https://gothamist.com/2019/07/30/doordash_tipping_lawsuit.php |archive-date=2019-08-05 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Gothamist}}</ref> The pay structure in question is where the Dasher would get payed a minimum amount for each order by Doordash. If the customer added a tip it would cover the companies expenses first to cover the minimum. the remaining amount of the tip would go to the dasher that was deducted from Doordash.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":14">{{Cite web |last=Wayt |first=Theo |date=2019-06-29 |title=Brooklyn man sues DoorDash for ‘misleading’ tipping policy |url=https://nypost.com/2019/07/29/brooklyn-man-sues-doordash-for-misleading-tipping-policy/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=New York Post |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119180040/https://nypost.com/2019/07/29/brooklyn-man-sues-doordash-for-misleading-tipping-policy/ |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref>

Later in 2020 Doordash was exposed for lying about pocketing portions of drivers tips, generating additional revenue for the company that dashers were unaware or uninformed about. This was happening after the company claimed it had refactored it's tipping system to be more transparent. But Doordash was still continuing to skim payouts for deliveries from dashers.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Keck |first=Catie |date=2020-01-07 |title=The Villain Always Wins |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-villain-always-wins-1841070357 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251118112806/https://gizmodo.com/the-villain-always-wins-1841070357 |archive-date=18 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keck |first=Catie |date=2019-03-15 |title=DoorDash Has Been Confusing Its Workers About Payments for Nearly Two Years |url=https://gizmodo.com/doordash-has-been-confusing-its-workers-about-payments-1833327287 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122113407/https://gizmodo.com/doordash-has-been-confusing-its-workers-about-payments-1833327287 |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keck |first=Catie |date=2019-12-10 |title=DoorDash Has a New Plan to Make Workers Gamble on How Much They’ll Get Paid |url=https://gizmodo.com/doordash-has-a-new-plan-to-make-workers-gamble-on-how-m-1840325285 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185537/https://gizmodo.com/doordash-has-a-new-plan-to-make-workers-gamble-on-how-m-1840325285 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Avery |date=2020-01-16 |title=DoorDash Contractors Earn Less Than Dogshit, Study Finds |url=https://gizmodo.com/doordash-contractors-earn-less-than-dogshit-study-find-1841048784 |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Gizmodo |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708185532/https://gizmodo.com/doordash-contractors-earn-less-than-dogshit-study-find-1841048784 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>

This had led a customer to file a class action suit against the company claiming "materially false and misleading" in app tipping feature.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":14" /> The case was later moved to an arbitration hearing in August.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casetext |date=2020-08-24 |title=Arkin v. DoorDash, Inc. |url=https://casetext.com/case/arkin-v-doordash-inc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085836/https://casetext.com/case/arkin-v-doordash-inc |archive-date=2023-02-13 |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=Casetext}}</ref> Facing negative exposure and bad press the company finally complied to change their payout policy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abril |first=Danielle |date=2019-11-12 |title=DoorDash’s New Tipping Policy Has Increased Driver Pay |url=https://fortune.com/2019/11/12/doordash-new-tipping-policy-worker-pay/ |url-status=live |website=Fortune |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251114105557/https://fortune.com/2019/11/12/doordash-new-tipping-policy-worker-pay/ |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Newman |first=Andy |date=2019-07-24 |title=DoorDash Changes Tipping Model After Uproar From Customers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/nyregion/doordash-tip-policy.html |url-status=live |website=New York Times |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930223413/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/nyregion/doordash-tip-policy.html |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref> The lawsuit was settled by District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine for $2.5 million with most of the amount going to dashers, government and charity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kerr |first=Dara |date=2020-11-25 |title=DoorDash settles lawsuit for $2.5M over 'deceptive' tipping practices |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/doordash-settles-lawsuit-for-2-5m-over-deceptive-tipping-practices/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-06-27 |website=CNET |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251119065400/https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/doordash-settles-lawsuit-for-2-5m-over-deceptive-tipping-practices/ |archive-date=19 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Canales |first=Katie |date=2020-11-25 |title=DoorDash is paying $2.5 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the food delivery company of stealing drivers' tips |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/doordash-25-million-settlement-lawsuit-tipping-model-2020-11 |url-status=live |website=Business Insider |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250730143755/https://www.businessinsider.com/doordash-25-million-settlement-lawsuit-tipping-model-2020-11 |archive-date=30 Jul 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=OAC |date=2020-11-24 |title=AG Racine Reaches $2.5 Million Agreement with DoorDash for Misrepresenting that Consumer Tips Would Go to Food Delivery Drivers |url=https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-reaches-25-million-agreement-doordash |website=Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251117072508/https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-reaches-25-million-agreement-doordash |archive-date=17 Nov 2025}}</ref>

====Antitrust litigation (2020)====
The Dacitashvili has filed against Grubhub, Doordash, Postmates and Uber Eats for having a majoritive monopoly over the food delivery market because of the way it selectively signed contracts with businesses to list them on the platform. Many of the clauses stated that delivery prices will be identical to dine in prices.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2020-05-14 |title=Restaurants Are Desperate — But You May Not Be Helping When You Use Delivery Apps |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/05/14/856444431/cities-crack-down-on-food-delivery-app-fees-as-restaurants-struggle-to-survive |url-status=live |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=NPR |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251228185547/https://www.npr.org/2020/05/14/856444431/cities-crack-down-on-food-delivery-app-fees-as-restaurants-struggle-to-survive |archive-date=28 Dec 2025}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Stempel |first=Jonathan |date=2020-04-13 |title=Grubhub, DoorDash, Postmates, Uber Eats are sued over restaurant prices amid pandemic |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-delivery-laws-idUSKCN21V2C1/ |url-status=live |access-date=2020-08-30 |website=Reuters |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230527142554/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-delivery-laws-idUSKCN21V2C1 |archive-date=27 May 2023}}</ref> Plaintiffs argued that this increased the cost unfairly to dine-in customers because all defendants required the restaurants to cover the delivery fees ranging from 13% - 40% of revenue.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /> Keep in mind that restaurants like supermarkets runs on slim profit margins with the average being 3% - 9% total. This case seeks treble damages (multiply all damages by 3) for overcharges from the beginning of 2016 of April from the defendants delivery apps.<ref name=":15" /><ref name=":16" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-13 |title=Case 1:20-cv-03000-LAK Document |url=https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6890558/DAVITASHVILI-v-Grubhub-ET-AL.txt |url-status=live |archive-date=23 Feb 2026 |access-date=2025-08-30 |website=S3 Documentcloud |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223040552/https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/6890558/DAVITASHVILI-v-Grubhub-ET-AL.txt }}</ref> Many preliminaries have happened since then but is unclear when the trial will actually begin.

====Litigation for illegal unauthorized restaurant listing (2021)====
In may, Doordash was sued of adding restaurants to their service without business consent. the plaintiff Lona's Lil Eats in St. Louis filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that they were listed on the app without notice or consent; and then prevented any orders from going through despite the listing claiming it was "too far away" when the actual issue was that the business had not partnered with Doordash and payed the fee for the listing. Which such behavior is not lawful in California

====Lawsuit by the city of Chicago (2021)====
In august, Chicago had filed a suit against both Doordash and Grubhub. Mayor Lori Lightfoot claimed these companies broke the law by using "unfair and deceptive tactics to take advantage of restaurants and consumers who were struggling to stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.", which was actively denied by both companies alleged in the case.

"<blockquote>
===Class-action lawsuit (2023)===
DoorDash has been accused of charging users of iPhone more than users on the Android platform. User testing claimed to show several instances of various fees and delivery charges being higher when using an Apple device. DoorDash denied these allegations in response to the ongoing US$1 billion class-action suit.

===Lawsuit by the city of Seattle (2023)===
In August 2023, DoorDash was obligated to pay its drivers and the city of Seattle a total of $1.6 million. It was found that the platform made it difficult for users to request paid time off. DoorDash is to pay $1.1 million towards safe and sick time credits, $500k directly to drivers and an additional $8,500 in city fees.

===Privacy lawsuit by the state of California (2024)===
In February 2024, after being found to have illegally sold personal data, DoorDash was obligated to pay a $375,000 civil penalty as well as to begin complying with privacy laws it had been shirking, namely CCPA and CalOPPA.

===Class-action lawsuit settlement (2025)===
In 2025, DoorDash agreed to pay around $17 million for "misleading both consumers and delivery workers" with tips being docked from drivers' pay instead of directly going to drivers.</blockquote>

"<ref name=":2" />{{Placeholder box|If the company page is short enough and/or the incident is not deserving of its own page, add incidents below in sub-sections (including the points outlined in [[Consumer_Action_Taskforce:Sample/Incident/Help|the incident help page]]) without linking/creating an incident page.

If the company has various incidents listed and/or this page is getting too long, create subsections linking to each incident while linking to the main article and including a short summary. To link to the page use the "Hatnote" or "Main" templates.

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==Products==

===Dashpass (2018 - Present)===
A premium program offered by Door Dash. This program offers free delivery on orders greater than $12 along with reduced service fees for deliveries. By paying the subscription price Doordash advertises this program as a cost saving measure for consumers that use their app frequently. This offer, however, has been subject to a variety of criticism. One of the more popular cases being hit with a cease-and-desist letter from DC attorney general for charging more than 15% on commissions to make up the losses of the companies free delivery policy with Dashpass.<ref name=":1" />
==See also==
{{Placeholder box|Link to relevant theme articles or companies with similar incidents.}}

==References==
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==stub notice bug==

I tried submitting my deletion req for [[FakePortal]] but get hit with "Stub notices can NOT be removed by users with normal privileges". Tried removing the unused infoboxes in [[WhatsApp]], [[GoGuardian]], [[Asus]] and [[Roblox]], and the same dice. w h y? [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:31, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

:I'll check this out now [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
::This seems to be a regular issue with the abuse filter [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki_talk:Bugs#How_do_you_edit_beginning_of_an_article_with_StubNotice?|which absolutely has been talked about before]]. It's very annoying and in my opinion we need some sort of edit request system or a new group given to users to bypass the filter, but for now I'll just check the abuse log and apply the edit manually myself. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:28, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
:The issue is when edits are made in-line with a stub notice, as (iirc) the filter checks for edits to the same line as the change [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
::the notice* [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
:::hey can this please be fixed? it's really damn annoying. removal of redundant infoboxes on [[Deep Cycle Systems]] and [[Allstate]] are triggering it [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 14:39, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
::::I can remove these now. It would be cool if a usergroup would dodge the filter. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:01, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::yeah, I wonder if we should create a 'superconfirmed' group or something, which doesn't have the banning powers of a mod but can edit article notices. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:19, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
::I had the same issue. Just noticed this section. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 19:45, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] {{Done}} your edit! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:38, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Thank you. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 20:45, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

==Idea for a new section==

An "Important" / "Must-Reads" / "Starter Pack" / "Essential Reading" section showing the most important articles to view for someone new to the Consumer Rights scene, or just someone unknowing.

Furthermore, the ability to rate an article. Perhaps as a way to show which matters are trending, because of many people having said problem with said device/service. Could be a "Saved me!", "Worked", "Didn't work", where "Saved me!" can only be used maybe once a day, to show which issues a not just trending, but very crucial. These ratings could help place relevant articles at the top of a second section within "Important"/Whatever.

These two sections would give users a place to scroll and skim through, to see if there are any matters relevant for them, like a random product they own, that they didn't know had a Consumer Rights issue.

Additionally; the ability to give pledges to article writers/editors. I'm not fully sure how it would work at the moment, but it would give people a way to support editors that produce important relevant articles. Perhaps the site could take a small cut, which both contributes to funding the server costs or the "legal fund" that Rossman mentioned, but also gives people a bigger incentive to pledge to editors, knowing that some of it goes to supporting the website and its users. [[User:Sebandar|Sebandar]] ([[User talk:Sebandar|talk]]) 19:57, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

:I would appreciate a pane with "must-reads" on the main page that highlights the articles with the widest spread effects and only includes well-written articles. Putting some articles in the same industry, like articles on Apple and Google's app store restrictions, would be especially effective, because it's nearly guaranteed that one of these applies to the reader. If you want to make a draft of this somewhere I would be down to help work on it.
:I like the article rating idea. I don't know how difficult it would be to add interactive content like this to the wiki, but it sounds like a good way to receive feedback. The only official way to receive feedback currently is on the talk pages but those are all pretty dead. Some prioritization on pageviews or feedback would be nice.
:On pledges, Wikipedia actually has something like this, it has a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Reward_board|reward board]] where users are offered barnstars or real money to improve articles, but it's not used very much. Most users seem to be offering up prizes only for the fun of doing so, not because it's particularly effective. If the content is relevant and/or interesting, someone probably is already working on it. I don't personally think this site needs an economy but if it were to be implemented, I think we should plug donations to FULU or other affiliated foundations on the main page and then have those foundations offer microgrants for editors. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:02, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
::I'd probably agree with you that this isn't needed - creating an economy/bounty system is probably overkill, and unnecessarily complex at this stage. I think article ratings etc. are probably something best handled through the [[Projects:Hub|projects]] system, similar to how Wikipedia uses it for things like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Molecular_Biology/Molecular_and_Cell_Biology . creating a project like that for each article type could be a pretty decent way of going about it? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 12:57, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Form pages==

I made a change to [[Form:Company]] following Discord suggestion #181. I was going to add this to [[Form:Product]] and [[Form:ProductLine]] but these pages are protected.

So, I am requesting an edit to those two pages to replace "(supported file types = PNG|JPG)" with "(supported file types = JPG, PNG, SVG)" to represent the fact that SVGs are allowed, and also to admin-protect [[Form:Company]] since that's an important page. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:13, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

==“Summaries” of articles==

I'd like to propose an idea that I think would help people read articles in a rush. Add a box at the top of all long pages (e.g. [[YouTube]], or all that aren't stubs or marked as incomplete) that summarises the article (the incidents the company has been involved in, what it does, etc) in a couple of sentences. Let me know what you think. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:17, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:What makes this different from a lead paragraph? Would you replace the lead paragraph entirely with this template or would it be a complementary resource with links to related company/product/theme articles? You could link to categories/other articles there. I think categories on wikis in general are overlooked by most readers and putting them at the top sounds interesting. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:07, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

==InfoboxCompany to CargoCompany cleanup part 2==

The companies have all been moved over now, the only [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=Template%3AInfoboxCompany&namespace=&limit=50 places that InfoboxCompany exist in] are in some documentation out of main namespace and on these pages where they were placed on the same line as a notice:
[[AirAsia]], [[Deep Cycle Systems]], [[Allstate]], [[Happiest Baby]], [[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]], [[DAZN]], [[Federal Communications Commission]], [[Anova Culinary]], [[Sig Sauer]], [[RepairShopr]]

Converting InfoboxProductLine and finding more pages without infoboxes or cargo... sometime. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 15:44, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:Still need these removed if anyone has 5 minutes:
:[[AirAsia]], [[Allstate]], [[Happiest Baby]], [[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]], [[DAZN]], [[Federal Communications Commission]] [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 19:51, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
::{{Done}}. Sorry for taking so long. It'd be nice if there was a usergroup that could dodge all the edit filters. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:07, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

==Color scheme==

The main Sitenotice text is nearly the same color as the link inside of it, making it hard to distinguish where the link is if you haven't clicked the link yet. A larger contrast would be nice, since the notice is going to be up for another 25 days or so. https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&action=edit

This also applies to most of the main page, blue/muddy purple on blue doesn't look the best, but that's a larger undertaking. If the main page is up for redesign it would be nice to take the color contrast into consideration. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:15, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:I've simply made it black and white, although I don't think it is entirely fixed it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:39, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::Please can nobody amend the theme or any elements currently, I am restyling the website. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 17:41, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Oh, sorry. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:57, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Looks great, and has nice contrast! [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 18:56, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Thank you! Still somewhat of a work in progress, but definitely a significant improvement over the previous version. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 18:59, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, I like it too! As an idea, make the borders rounded like the original one. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:52, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::No worries, all done! [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 19:09, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::::Wow, this looks amazing now. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

==Template troubles==

So, a lot of the articles with [[Template:Incomplete]] and cargo templates that display a box (any but IncidentCargo) have big foreheads right now (see a list of articles with Incomplete [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Incomplete&limit=100 here]). I did some testing, the Incomplete template itself doesn't have a trailing newline, and none of the cargos have a preceding newline. A <nowiki><p><br></nowiki><nowiki></p></nowiki> is being added by the parser when the two are put together, and only when they are not on the same line. I've also seen this in the wild with [[Template:SloppyAI]] and with [[Template:Welcome]] on new user talk pages. Welcome should be a simple edit fix since it's not combined with other templates, but it seems that anytime templates are combined, they must be put on the same line or they will introduce an unintended newline. You can see an instance of Incomplete and SloppyAI together causing problems on [[Samsung TVs]].

Many Wikipedia pages have several templates next to each other without this problem, for example see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025%E2%80%932026_Iranian_protests&oldid=1334922628 2025-2026 Iranian protests]. So the problem is solvable in MediaWiki, but I don't know how much work is required to do so. According to [[:Category:Todo]], over 700 articles have these banners, which is the majority of the wiki.

If other people think it's important too, I can work on this, but I don't know how to compare this wiki's configuration against stuff in the MediaWiki documentation. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:35, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

:Oh yeah, some junk from my experimenting that we should delete once the problem is resolved: [[User:Bythmusters/templatetesting]], [[Qwerty]] [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:37, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::Do you mean the top has more height than the rest of the box? I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:42, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Also, the Wiki's main config can be seen at [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Common.js]], where all the css and js that you see the moment you load a page is at. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::So, let's compare these two versions:
:::https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=User:Bythmusters/templatetesting&oldid=35089
:::https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=User:Bythmusters/templatetesting&oldid=35091
:::There is an additional newline between the bottom of the template and the beginning of the article text. The only difference in the source text is:
:::<nowiki>"{\{Incomplete}}{\{ProductLineCargo"</nowiki>
:::vs:
:::<nowiki>"{\{Incomplete}}</nowiki>
:::{\{ProductLineCargo"
:::In the second one, there's a newline to separate the templates, as it's more natural to read in the source editor this way. Wikipedia articles do not render this newline, but CRW does. That is my issue, it takes up a lot of space on the screen.
:::Thanks for the links, I read through the Common.css and Common.js of this wiki and Wikipedia but I didn't see anything relevant. I think it's in the parser, where the mediawiki text gets converted into html but I don't know enough about this stuff to be sure. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 18:53, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Ah, okay. Reread your previous post and now feel like an idiot for not understanding. I don't know how to fix that if it's the parser. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yeah idk it's probably not worth the trouble to fix. I like learning about mediawiki but not that much [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 15:55, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

==Feedback on changes to sidebar appearance and arrangement==

*I suggest renaming the "Tools" section for the web browser addon to something else to differentiate it from the wiki tools. I also recommend moving it to the way bottom, at least until it's ready for prime time, since it makes wiki editors have to scroll further to reach the wiki tools than previously.

*An option to hide the mini-list of recent changes and restore the single line "Recent Changes" for the original minimalist design.
**<strike>As an addendum: The font size of said mini-list is not consistent with the font size used both throughout the sidebar and the wiki itself, making it stand out like a sore thumb.</strike>

*An option to hide the community section for those of us that refuse to ever use [[Discord]]. I'd rather have a native choice available instead of resorting to a browser addon to remove it.

''(Note: Feedback is based on using Firefox v147.0.2 and the wiki skin "Vector legacy (2010)".)'' — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 21:32, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:I’ve mentioned already that Vector legacy (2010) hasn’t been worked on yet, as most users are on Vector 2022 where these changes have been applied. The examples you listed aren’t present on the current default skin. I’d appreciate your patience while I get round to updating the legacy variant. In the meantime, I’ve resolved the issue where discussion tabs and similar tabs were hidden. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 22:51, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

::Respectfully, I find your response confusing. What I bring up here is a separate matter from [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki_talk:Bugs#Page_tabs_hidden|my bug report]], and I posted ''only'' after first waiting a couple days and checked the default skin before-hand. I've struck out the one line since apparently it wasn't intentional like I had thought (and it had affected both legacy and default skins for the record), but otherwise my general feedback is unchanged.

::I appreciate the work you do on the wiki and thank you for fixing the bugged page tabs. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 02:22, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I understand that the feedback here is separate from the bug report, though I’m also a little confused: the default skin does not show the duplicated Tools section that the legacy version does, so I’m not sure how it would be confused with the wiki tools. It’s also already at the very bottom on the default skin. As for the other suggestions about hiding certain areas, I can look into those, but it won’t be a short-term fix. I appreciate the feedback and the kind words! [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 19:14, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

==What should this image be licensed under?==

This [[:Category:Suspected copyright violations|image I archived]] for Age Verification, I selected as "without permission" since I didn't see they licensed it under CC BY 4.0 at the time - yet the site rejected both IA and archive.today, which felt like they held the copyright. How should the content be tagged? (I

On another note, if you go to the [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217303357 site of the reference] and click "View PDF", after solving a Cloudflare "are you human" it grants access to the full pdf which has "© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)." as the footer of the first page. I wonder if that's the better way to go about archiving this reference.

Probably could have worded this better, thanks for your time. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 02:59, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

:I've deleted it while we figure out copyright status of this. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:35, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
::It seems to exist on the IA [https://web.archive.org/web/20190203021620/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217303357 here]. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:37, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Unfortunately that snapshot only has the Abstract. I'm not the one that added the particular source, but it (may) be sufficient enough to add as an archive link for that particular source (talking about the [[Age Verification]] article in case anyone's confused), so I've gone and done so. Thanks for your input. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 04:34, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
::This can be safely undeleted. The copyright symbol is sometimes used for partial copyright (which Creative Commons is). A more suitable symbol would have been the "(cc)" (creative commons) symbol, but it is not a dedicated unicode character like "©". The document itself says it is Creative Commons, not "all rights reserved", so I see no reason not to undelete it. [[User:JodyBruchonFan|JodyBruchonFan]] ([[User talk:JodyBruchonFan|talk]]) 22:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

==Appeal Request==

On the article regarding [[Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices|Restaurant Brand International]], I think that the source credibility issue lacks merit and should be removed, as I don't see how it could be lacking in source credibility due to (in my opinion) additional evidence backup with images and detail breakthrough of the event that would classify it as being trustworthy? Would like some thoughts and comments around this, very confused. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 23:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

:Mr Pollo often does tagging like that, pinging @[[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] for thoughts here. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:01, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
::Also, incomplete is often simply used for a short article, although it doesnt specify it in the notice. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:02, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
:Hello, I added the incomplete template to that article for two main reasons: aspects such as the Background section can be expanded into a paragraph and a "consumer response" section as seen [[Template:IncidentPreload|here]] would greatly benefit the article. So far it is a good article, but it can be better with my suggestions. [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 20:47, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
::Now i see. I think that's fair and i agree! Thank you for clearing some things up, will definitely work on it as soon as I get the chance! [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 20:56, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Of course, thank you as well for your contributions! [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 21:05, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
::::No problem! it should be good now when you have the time to check, please let me know of any addition problems~@[[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 23:49, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::forgot to add that regarding your previous comment on if you rule and welcome really happened, yes and I can confirm with screenshots or whatever necessary for whatever link you couldn't access. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 00:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::I've removed the notice! [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:17, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::The article looks good, didn’t notice any new problems. Nice work! [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 14:20, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

==Archive.today weaponising PCs into causing DDoS attacks==

Hello, I just wanted to bring up the fact that Archive.today has recently decided to DDoS a random blog using people visiting their site (without them even realising) because they disliked a page on it. This doesn't exactly make me very happy with using the service for archiving links if they willingly do things like that. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:11, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:That is concerning, afaik it's basically just run by one person so that's always a risk factor. Internet archive still has the issue of being pretty compliant when faced with DMCA takedowns, but at least it's a bit more of an institution...
:Do you think we should pull it as a recommended archive site over this? does result in a bit of a single-point-of-failure with IA. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:17, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
::Maybe wait it out for a little while, see what Wikipedia does, and then copy them? from the looks of it there's a lot of discussion going on about it over there. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:25, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
:::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5 [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:26, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Seems like a good plan. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:36, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::It's been closed as deprecate archive.today. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 08:05, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::As the saying goes, "This is informative, and unfortunate".
::::::My main concern with IA is its aging maintainers (which I can no longer verify on the site), but this does seem to be a more pressing issue. Will look into re-archiving pages I've done in the past. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 09:34, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::This seems extremely far fetched, but I'd like if the FULU Foundation themselves could make an archiving service. This sounds ridiculous but just putting it out there in case it is possible. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 10:24, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Pulled it from the recommended archiving lists, @[[User:Keith|Keith]] you can change it back if you disagree. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 10:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC) <sub>Edit: Was a bit hasty of me, I've reinstated it with a warning. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 12:53, 20 February 2026 (UTC)</sub>
::::::::we have considered self-hosting an archivebox instance or similar, with the ability to create archive pages locked behind a confirmed wiki account. Cost wise (including the time cost of setup and maintenance), it's feasible but not ideal, so i wouldn't count on it happening unless things really go to shit with the big archivers. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 01:35, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::OK, actually looking through and reading the reasons given for the consensus view, I'd be happy to adopt it, and will un-undo your edits and just take it off, leaving an explanation.
:::::::::the fact that the maintainer has been credibly alleged to have altered the content of sites hosted there is the biggest concern for me, as having a reliable record is kind of the whole point.
:::::::::going to @[[User:Banana|Banana]] here to see this discussion since he's been working on an archive bot for citations. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 01:41, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::::I've created [[Special:AbuseFilter/14]] for links. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:33, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::I agree with this. but being a US org wouldn't they also be mandated to honor the DMCA? and hence have the same issues as IA? idk much abt the hosting aspect of it but many shadow sites exist that do not at all honor the DMCA. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 16:03, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::From what I've seen they've done malicious things like making seperate web crawlers that do the same thing to make it harder to block it and also not honoring the DMCA which from my understanding has gotten them into legal issues. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:20, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:thanks for letting us know! will definetly be using alternative means of archiving for now on! [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 02:43, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
::Hello, is it possible to appeal deletion for this article <nowiki>https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Digital_Childhood_Alliance</nowiki> ? Article was updated with correct formatting and proper references [[Special:Contributions/88.118.107.138|88.118.107.138]] 20:36, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:::{{Done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 21:02, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

==banning Discord from citations==

[[OpenAI#cite_ref-5]] is a Discord link. As a non user of Discord I cannot see what has been cited. people should not be required to create an account to view the source of a claim. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 16:11, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:Agreed. Ive removed it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

==[[special:AbuseFilter/14]]==

Hi, can someone with good knowledge of the abuse filter code fix or tell me how to fix this? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 21:06, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:I've fixed this and it's now working [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 03:08, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:13, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

==Is Bloatware still a stub?==

[[Bloatware|This article]] seems less of a stub compared to [[Ad block]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:Unsure on this one. I don't think any mods passed by it and tagged that one, so I've tagged Ad block now. I'm leaning to de-stub it but I'm still not entirely sure. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:11, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

==Potential website bug==

I made my new page (unlocking technology act of 2013) on mobile, where I could not use the shortcut to make proper references according to Rossmann's guide video, so I had just included links to the sources used instead. I got back here on a computer and attempted to fix them, but I ran into a problem. I had previously added a stub notice to my article. While I did not attempt to remove the stub notice in my edits while fixing the references, I still got the message that I could not remove the notice, and it would not accept my edit. I cannot fix the article as things are. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 03:28, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

:The wiki has always had the irritating behavior of a notice tag (whether Incomplete, Stub, etc.) forbidding any in-line editing, even if it's only to place a page's cargo template on a new line separate from the tag.
:And I know you've already commented under the [[Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Moderators' noticeboard#stub notice bug|stub notice bug]] discussion, but I figure it'll be good to make note here as well. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 06:18, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

==What should I do once my article is finished==

Should I leave it in that place <nowiki>https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact</nowiki>? [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 18:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:Oh yes this link https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Digital_Ownership_Superact&redirect=no, this link is there to fix the broken redirect left (SixenTitan did that iirc) I have done the article what should I do? [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 19:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
::as [[Digital Ownership Superact]] already exists I could not move [[User:^&*/Digital Ownership Superact]] to it. idk how articles are merged or supplanted or if I have such perms. but what I can do is copy over the content which I did. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 23:06, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Thank you! [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:18, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

==May I ask are you going to transition from Discord to Matrix (Not the movie)?==

Just another genuine question. Sorry to bother you.

https://matrix.org/ [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 19:37, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:[[User_talk:Keith#alternative_to_Discord]] this might intrigue you [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 22:59, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks for that too [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:19, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
:We might be doing this. There is discussion on what’s going to happen if privacy stuff continues to occur with discord. Rest assured though that staff will keep everyone informed. Thanks for bringing this up and please let us know if you need anything else. - [[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] ([[User talk:Atsumari|talk]]) 23:49, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Yum! relevance appeal==

the person that marked it irrelevant did it so w the justification of "because subject doesn't seem to be relevant to cases of "new" consumer exploitation". are incidents from 2014 really irrelevant? if so we got a lot of onions to chop [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 23:14, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:{{done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:09, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Discord tone appeal==

Hi, on 13 September 2025 [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Discord&oldid=24510 Beanie Bo put a tone notice] on [[Discord]]. It's been some time since then, so does the ToS and Privacy Policy still need to be described instead of in bullet point? What other things could be improved in clearing the tone warning? (if any)? Thanks. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 05:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

:I’ll get this flagged to Keith so we can review this internally - [[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] ([[User talk:Atsumari|talk]]) 23:46, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
:I think as you say the main issues relate to the bullet pointed sections; mainly there are phrases like 'broad rights', which are both unhelpful and potentially misleading depending on how the reader interprets it. I'd say a shortening of the consumer impact summary, and the addition of a full section on its terms of service is probably sensible.
:I also removed the section on vague moderation as it really didn't have good enough citations to support its inclusion.
:I do think it's in a decent enough state to probably not need the tone warning however, and so I've taken it off.
:thanks @[[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] for pinging me! [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

==can I get mod?==

the title's a half joke. can sm1 revert [[Talk:Razer]] to [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Razer&oldid=36825 this] version? a rando replaced the topic alongside the discussion with a summarized line cuz they thought it was the article itself. I wasn't able to revert cuz of this. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 06:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

{{Done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:07, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==May I ask where do I place it?==

I dont mind if need placing at a different website, but where should this article be placed at?
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Digital_Ownership_Superact [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:51, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

:Not in a rude way ofc [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:53, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
::Since it not formal like rest of the wiki; where do I place it? (Look at the edit history) [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I've been following this discussion, I've just tried the move to your user now and it worked. No idea why it didn't work for Keith. It is now at [[User:^&*/Digital Ownership Superact]]. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:26, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Thanks [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 21:32, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

==Some Thoughts???==

I'm currently working on this [[Shell|article]], and i am having difficulty deciding on what to do with a 1990-1996 incident the company was involved in with the Nigerian Government. To keep it short, the company collaborated with the Nigerian Government after protest of the company environmental damage, creating the Internal Security Task Force (ISTF) with the sole purpose of serving Shell "community en-devours"that resulting in rape, killings, torture, and execution of protestors and Nigerian's. The company would frequently have meetings with the Nigerian government, encouraging the killings and rewarding the higher officials and police officers with meals, cash, and transportation. (sorry if i get some of this wrong)

I would like some thoughts around this incident to decide on what i should do? I was thinking creating an incident and putting an disclaimer similar to the article disclaimer shown [[Shell|here]], as this incident doesn't really delve into a product or service per-se, more of an incident about human rights abuses and market control. @[[User:Keith|Keith]]

Here is one big source of reference i plan on using: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR44/7393/2017/en/

[[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 06:52, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm not entirely sure if human rights issues are even allowed in the first place. Sure, it's absolutely horrible, but I'm not sure if it's in scope. We'll see what Keith says anyway. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:33, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
::torn on this one. it's done in service of market control etc., but it certainly seems like a issue more adjacent to worker abuses or environmental damage which are out-of-scope (and also it's being done in service of securing supply rather than securing demand). maybe could be mentioned off-hand as context for something else (e.g. demonstrating that they have capability/track record of working in that way), with a link to the relevant wikipedia page, but I don't think it makes sense to have a full page for it on the wiki. I assume Wikipedia has it pretty well documented? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 11:02, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I looked on Wikipedia and I couldn't find any reference to the incident. I think mentioning it off-hand as additional context is a good idea, maybe with it being implemented with something like this [[Chevron|article]] (on chevron killing protestors part) and acting as a summary of the incident and not its whole article. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 14:14, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
::::never-mind, found it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Survival_of_the_Ogoni_People#Saro-Wiwa_v [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 20:38, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

==How will the CRW approach April Fool's day?==

Hi, April Fool's day is next month and I don't want to initiate a discussion too late, so how would we approach it? My idea is 1) no jokes in articles, no exceptions and 2) clearly mark all jokes when they occur (I've made [[Template:April fools]] for this purpose). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

:If my science textbook in school gave me a QR code that ends up rickrolling me I think I'll spend longer than 1 day being distracted about it... lol
:In my opinion they should be contained within user pages and other types of pages the common person never visits, like having it as an extra link under Wiki policy or something. It would be really bad if someone in power happens to see it the one day they get told to visit a page on the wiki. Just my two cents... but then again I'm pretty biased against the day anyway [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 06:56, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::I don't even think we should have it under a link on Wiki policy, just silently add it with thr correct template the correct people internally will see it via recent changes. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:08, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:Honestly, I don't think we will be doing one this year. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 07:29, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::Was there one last year? I don't think there was. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:36, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:::There definitely wasn't. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 08:29, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I've deleted the template. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:10, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::Might be worth undeleting it... Louis came up with an idea for an April Fools, based on that Norwegian enshittification video from the other day. Basic concept is to enshittify the wiki (maybe just the main page, and with an off button, of course) for a day. I fully agree with no jokes in articles - that's just a pain to keep track of and undo, and could damage credibility if done without good taste. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 10:33, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::I have had my ideas, but I'll keep them secret for now. I'll undelete it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::we could prob use the trollface as the wiki logo at least [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 04:21, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

==[[Special:SearchDigest]]==

I've been creating a few articles on here, but everyone else PLEASE DO THE SAME! It tells us what articles readers want! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:17, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

==Idea - Question place==

A place for new editors to get help from more experienced editors (doesn't even have to be mods) to help them with editing the CRW. I think this'd help as currently there's only this and the Bugs noticeboard. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:18, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:I would appreciate this very much as a new editor [[User:Andrew V|Andrew V]] ([[User talk:Andrew V|talk]]) 02:51, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:I don't know if this is new but there is a FAQ page. [[User:Andrew V|Andrew V]] ([[User talk:Andrew V|talk]]) 02:55, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
::That isn't new and that was one of my first contributions helping out there when I was a new editor, but it isn't ideal in its current state for issues not listed there. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

==Downloadable zim file==

Can the wiki be downloaded offline through a zim file similar to wikipedia? [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 01:18, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

:Not similar to Wikipedia I don't think, but we have a github repo that is open source (https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/crw). @[[User:JakeL|JakeL]] can probably provide better info than me [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::I think it could be convenient to some people who have zim file libraries I’ve seen a lot of other wikis on the kiwix library page [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 07:53, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:::The backend team (JakeL and Unto) can do that. I've already pinged JakeL here so they will see this. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:We don't currently offer anything officially, although you could look into using <nowiki>https://github.com/openzim/mwoffliner</nowiki> to generate your own, in combination with Kiwix. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 23:11, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::That seems like an interesting tool, though I do think that an official file should be looked into as a future project [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 23:46, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

==Tagging as incomplete AND stubs==

Hello. I've noticed a lot of incomplete and stub both being used at the same time, which takes up lots of space. I haven't removed this, but I think it's quite excessive. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:04, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

==Duplicate page for "Autodesk Fusion EOL"==

It looks like the page [[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]] has been replaced by [[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]. The former is incomplete, while the latter has more content and is complete. Search and [[Projects:Archive everything#The list]] bring up both. Should the former be deleted or changed to a redirect (and removed from The List)? I'm not sure which and don't have the privileges to do either. (I put a Discussion note but dunno if that pings anyone.) ... Posting here since I don't know where to ask, and so I'll know in the future. Thanks! [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 01:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

:Hello, please use [[Template:MergeRequest]] in the future. I'll change this now. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:25, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
::I've redirected it to [[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]] and will remove it from the list now. Also, on the pinging, you can ping people by typing a link to their userpage. For example, typing [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson]] pings me, and [[User:Marc84]] pings you. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:29, 10 March 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks for the info and merging the pages. [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 19:38, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

==Remove deletion notice apple macos==

I have added a lot of info and references to [[Apple macOS]] so I think it could be marked as a stub or incomplete rather than deletion [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 01:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

:{{Done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:24, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

==Appeal Request==

Hello! The article [[Advertising overload]] is marked as incomplete and as relying on AI/LLMs. I believe I've addressed the original intent of both of these, though the bottom section ([[Advertising overload#Notable Examples]]) is still a stub. I think the AI status notice should be removed, and the Incomplete notice should be replaced with a Stub notice.

Cheers! [[User:Scholar Silas|Scholar Silas]] ([[User talk:Scholar Silas|talk]]) 05:52, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

:{{Done}} including '''completely removing both notices''', not marking it as a stub. The article overall is very long, and if a section is all to complain about on a very long article, then it's definitely not a stub. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:02, 12 March 2026 (UTC)

Projects:Archive everything

2026-03-10T01:56:43Z

Marc84: /* The list */ Update archive status

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/09
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS charges for previously free service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant (HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bunnings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Burger King]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
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|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
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|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
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|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung Gear 360 software and services discontinued]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ILife]]||N/A||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[KFC]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwik Trip]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's 2017 India Leak]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's Japan malware attack]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Papa John's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Robin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Taco Bell]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tim Hortons app collects user data without consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tokyo Marui]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
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[[Category:Projects]]

Bambu Lab Authorization Control System

2026-03-10T01:53:52Z

Marc84: /* Potential for remote disabling of printers */ Combine added archive link with original reference.

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On January 16, 2025, the 3D-printer manufacturer '''[[Bambu Lab]]''' announced that future firmwares for their 3D printers would introduce an authorization and authentication protection mechanism for their connection and control, in the name of security. This mechanism restricts the use of third party accessories and slicers, such as Panda Touch and OrcaSlicer.
==Controversy regarding firmware updates==
[[File:Bambu tos screenshot.png|alt=bambu terms stating print jobs may not function properly if update is not performed to new firmware which is highly limiting. |thumb|Bambu terms regarding printer functionality & potential for disrupted print jobs if users do not update to a new firmware that radically restricts the autonomy of the owner of the printer]]

===Potential for remote disabling of printers===
A significant concern raised by the community revolves around the wording in Bambu Lab's [[Terms of Service]] and firmware update announcements. Critics and users argue that the phrasing leaves open the possibility for the manufacturer to remotely disable printers that are not updated to the latest firmware. Specifically, Bambu Lab's Terms of Service<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2024 |title=Terms of Use |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/KZqib |archive-date=27 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]]}} "Terms of Use" Archived on 2026-03-09 [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vPu9I Archived 2]</ref> states that printers '''"may block new print jobs"''' if updates are not applied, which some users interpret as a potential pathway for forced obsolescence.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2">https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223032912/https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ Archived])</ref> While defenders of Bambu Lab point out that offline modes such as SD-card printing and LAN-only setups would remain functional, others point out that the Terms of Service do not explicitly limit this restriction to cloud-based printing. This ambiguity has led to speculation that Bambu Lab could enforce broader limitations, effectively rendering printers inoperable for users who choose not to update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=@nickjohnson |title=Bambu Lab reserves the right to brick your printer until you update the firmware |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250119220606/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2025}}</ref>

====Editing of initial announcement====
Bambu users were concerned they would not be able to utilize their printer if they did not install this update, due to the wording of the blog and the terms of service.<ref>[[:File:Bambu tos screenshot.png]]</ref> This caused confusion since users report that Bambu's blog post dated January 16th<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22">{{Cite web |last=@BambuKidd |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/ejq3R |archive-date=16 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog}}</ref> specifically says the following:
<blockquote><strong>What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?</strong>

You may continue using an older firmware version that does not include the new security updates; however, this means the printers may miss out on important security fixes or bug patches included in newer versions. We highly encourage updating to the latest firmware version for the best experience and enhanced security.</blockquote>However, '''this was not present on the day of the announcement.''' A snapshot of their webpage from archive.is demonstrates this section did not exist on the day of the announcement, when community members voiced their concerns.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /><ref>[[:File:2024-01-16-Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System.pdf]]</ref> Bambu's response to community feedback<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=20 Jan 2025 |title=Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001409/https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> references ''"social media posts spreading baseless allegations and untrue claims about Bambu Lab",'' including ''"Firmware updates will block your printer’s ability to print.",'' without mentioning the context for those allegations. The context for those allegations was the lack of inclusion of the ''"What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?"'' in Bambu's initial announcement alongside their stated terms of service.

This announcement, after the edit in question, clearly states in the header - '''''Updated: January 17, 2025''' - to include additional details and FAQs where the '''What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?''' among others was added.''

As per webpage oldest snapshot from '''archive.is'''<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /> dated 16 Jan 2025 17:31 UTC there are two references if choosing to stay on the old firmware:<blockquote>

====<sup> Important Information for End Users </sup>====
<sup>2. Old Firmware Option:
Users who decide to use an older firmware version can still use the previous or new versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy without restrictions.</sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that user can choose to stay on the previous firmware and will not be punished for their choice by exclusion from access of first party updated software tools.<blockquote>
====<sup> Information for OrcaSlicer users </sup>====
<sup> 1. You can continue using your X Series 3D printer with the older firmware version (which does not include Authorization Features). <br>
2. If you choose to upgrade to the firmware version with Authorization Features, you must download and install Bambu Connect (a printer control software)... </sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that users have the right of choice to upgrade or stay on the older firmware.

While FAQ section was added after the initial blog post publication:
*It appears to summarize unedited information available in the original article.
*Addition of the FAQ section, and as a result - editing the initial article, are clearly announced.

===Debate over "bricking" terminology===
''The debate has also "''extended to the definition of 'bricking':" Some community members assert that if a printer is unable to accept new print jobs without an update, it effectively becomes non-functional and qualifies as being "bricked." Others counter that as long as certain offline functionalities remain (such as SD-card printing) the term does not accurately apply.<ref name=":3" />

===Privacy policy issues===
Bambu Lab's privacy policy, under "Personal Data that we collect," explicitly states: "3D Model in each client ('Printing Files') and other information related to the print job we may store, including start times, finish times, filament consumption and other relevant information."<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Mar 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002621/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> This contradicts their claim that they do not monitor 3D prints. Additionally, the privacy policy webpage is notably excluded from the Wayback Machine, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in their data practices.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy</ref>

===Community strategies to deal with risks===
Users have discussed strategies to avoid possible disruptions, including:
*Operating printers exclusively in offline modes.
*Utilizing LAN connections or VPN setups: this requires an access key from the printer (previously, you could use your cloud credentials over LAN).
*Exploring alternative firmware or third-party scripts to restore full functionality.<ref name=":3" />

==Bambu Lab's justification and rebuttal==
Bambu Lab has stated that the authorization system is in place in order to protect against "remote hacks," "printer exposure," and "abnormal traffic or attacks." There are, however, several ways to mitigate these risks without the loss of user control that their system causes:

*'''The "remote hacks" that were cited as an example in the article seem to be a direct result of the 3D-printer vendor not responding properly to a reported security vulnerability in their product.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cluley |first=Graham |date=1 Mar 2024 |title=Someone is hacking 3D printers to warn owners of a security flaw |url=https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bitdefender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002646/https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Therefore, in order to get attention, the researcher decided to infect machines and display a harmless message to spread publicity.''' Properly responding to security vulnerabilities, working to patch them quickly, and working with the security community (who would be more than happy to help secure products) would be some ways to prevent this.
*In the article cited about printer exposure, the hack was carried out largely because of user misconfiguration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ms. Smith |date=5 Sep 2018 |title=Over 3,700 exposed 3D printers open to remote attackers |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=CSO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002556/https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Printer exposure can be mitigated by offering more convenient ways to securely expose printers to the internet, so that users are not tempted to allow unauthenticated access over the network.
*The "abnormal traffic" can be mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of Security Incident Responses and Abnormal Cloud Traffic |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216003052/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*"Other malicious devices in the LAN" can be partially mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=25 Nov 2022 |title=Answering network security concerns for our printers |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001754/https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Another mitigation is to add stronger authentication mechanisms, rather than using a weak pre-shared LAN access code as is currently the case.

==Issues with LAN mode requiring authorization==
[[File:Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login.png|thumb|Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login]]
Bambu Lab printers have the ability to be controlled over both cloud and LAN. This allowed users to integrate their printers into private networks and maintain full control without having to rely on the manufacturer's server while also allowing cloud access. The new authorization system mandates that even LAN-based operations must go through an authentication process using Bambu Connect to retain full control.<ref name="bambu-connect">{{Cite web |title=Bambu Connect (beta) |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001924/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Full local access is still possible and unchanged for those not using the cloud.

This change has drawn criticism for many reasons:
*'''Privacy concerns''': Requiring authentication for LAN mode raises concerns about data being unnecessarily exposed to Bambu Lab's servers, even for local-only operations, though previously, the printer was also connected and could be controlled by the cloud even when sending prints locally.
**Confidentiality required by US Law - This is in conflict with those that have to comply with 18 CFR § 3a.61, 32 CFR § 117.15, 32 CFR § 2001.47, and other restrictions.
*'''Loss of offline independence while also using cloud''': Before, users could have hybrid offline setups. The requirement for authentication removes this option unless users revert to older firmware versions, which Bambu does not allow people to do once they have updated to the firmware using the new scheme.
*'''Increased complexity''': The added authentication layer complicates workflows for users who built custom setups or relied on third-party integrations for LAN control while retaining cloud functionality.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=@edlboston |date=Jan 2023 |title=Yes, I know about the LAN mode. But as has been stated by many people, things like the camera will not work, nor will the Handy app. There is no technical reason that these are bound to the cloud. This is the problem and why I titled this FULL Non-Cloud Network. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>

It is worth noting that:
*LAN-Only mode in Orca Slicer is implemented by passing API Calls to the installed proprietary Bambu Network Plug-In (unlike BTT and other solutions that did indeed communicate with printer directly via MQTT protocol).
*Plug-In provides controls for Printers "Critical Operations" (as classified by the Firmware Announcement article) and displays these controls within the window of Orca Slicer.
*Using intermediary Plug-In does not manifest as "direct access through network plugin". It is still a Proxy communication, even if user experience is presented as direct communication (same slicer window).
*Bambu Connect moves the Network Plug-In functionality outside of the window of Orca Slicer thus appearing as separate window and presents the appearance of "indirect" communication channel to the printer.
*While the user experience is different, the flow remains unchanged Orca Slicer slices model -> Orca Slicer Calls API of Bambu Proprietary Software -> Bambu Proprietary Software controls the printer.

Additionally, Bambu Connect software (downloaded and installed on 19.01.2024 (2025?) prior to the backlash response) seems to have functionality of adding LAN-Only printers without the requirement of Bambu Account authentication (Same behavior as Network Plugin used in Orca Slicer)

===Precedents and comparisons===
Critics have likened this potential functionality to similar cases in other industries where manufacturers remotely restrict product features. Notable examples include [[HP]]'s printer firmware updates that [[HP Instant Ink|rendered third-party ink cartridges unusable]] and Tesla's software locks on second-hand vehicles. These parallels suggest a broader trend of manufacturers [[Retroactively amended purchase|using software to control hardware capabilities post-purchase]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-03-19 |title=HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250319231817/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |archive-date=2025-03-19 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002258/https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features Archived])</ref>

===X1E firmware 01.01.02.00 LAN only connection "BUG"===
Newly received X1E printers with firmware 01.01.02.00 will not connect to the Bambu Studio using the Lan only method password. Bambu Studio identifies the un-logged printer but will not allow a connection to the printer. Only after connection / account paring is done over the Bambu Handy app by giving internet access to the PC and Printer then utilizing the cloud service connection will Lan only communication and login work.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Sep 2024 |title=Connect X1E to stand-alone computer |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033045/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Implementation timeline and requirements==

The authorization system will be rolled out in phases, starting with the X1 series printers. A beta firmware (version 01.08.03.00) was released on January 17, 2025, with the full release scheduled for January 23, 2025. The P & A series printers will get similar updates at an unspecified future date.

To use printers with the new authorization system, users must update multiple pieces of software:
*Bambu Studio must be updated to version 01.10.02.64 or higher
*Bambu Handy mobile app must be updated to version 2.17.0 or higher
*The new Bambu Connect application must be installed for using third-party slicers

These software updates are mandatory for users who update their firmware. Failing to update all components simultaneously will result in certain printer controls becoming unusable. Users who choose to maintain third-party software compatibility can continue using older firmware versions, or downgrade the firmware for new printers that ship with the authorization system pre-installed.

Bambu Lab states these coordinated updates are necessary because the new authorization system fundamentally changes how the printer validates and accepts commands. The older versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy lack the authentication mechanisms required to interact with printers running the new firmware. The Bambu Connect application was created specifically to provide a controlled interface for third-party software, replacing the previous direct access through network plugins.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2" />

==Impact on third-party integration and user choice==

===Changes to third-party access===
The new authorization system replaces direct network API access with a more limited URL-based interface through Bambu Connect. Third-party software can only interact with the printer by sending specific URL commands to Bambu Connect.<ref name="bambu-connect" /> The interface requires three parameters:

*<code>path</code>: The absolute file system path to the 3MF file (e.g., /tmp/cube.gcode.3mf)
*<code>name</code>: The name of the file (e.g., Cube)
*<code>version</code>: A fixed value of 1.0.0 for compatibility

A complete command must be formatted as:

bambu-connect://import-file?path=%2Ftmp%2Fcube.gcode.3mf&name=Cube&version=1.0.0

This interface only allows basic file transfer and print initiation. All other printer-control functions previously available to third-party software are now exclusive to Bambu's own applications. The path and name parameters must be URL-encoded using encodeURIComponent or equivalent functions<ref name="bambu-connect" />.

===Reduced home-automation capabilities===
While basic status monitoring remains available (e.g., print-progress updates in Home Assistant), the new firmware removes the ability for home-automation systems to control printer functions. Users can no longer:
*Start or stop prints remotely using Home Assistant, BTT Panda Touch,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=@BIGTREETECH |date=17 Jan 2025 |title=<nowiki>Dear Users, Recently Bambu announced some significant changes to how authorization will work with some of their coming firmware updates for the X series (X1, X1C, X1E) of their printers. We want to use this post to explain how it will affect the Panda Touch and how you can still retain full functionality.
The announcement in question can be read here: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing.../ Below is a bullet point list of the key points and implications from this announcement: - The new authorization control system will be rolled out to the X range of printers on the 23rd of January 2025. - No mention is made of an exact release schedule for the P and A series printers. - The new authorization method will likely limit the control available to third party devices and software on all X series machines. This includes software like Home Assistant, Orca Slicer and the Panda Touch. - A and P series machines will retain full third party software and device control until Bambu release a similar firmware update for those machines. - The firmware updates are optional and any users who wish to retain third party device or software control can choose not to perform the update. - We have reached out to Bambu to try and obtain more information and we will keep users updated as Bambu provides feedback that is approved for public release. Our recommendation is to remain on your current firmware so that you can retain the use of the Panda Touch until we have more clarity about the situation. Sincerely, The BIQU/BIGTREETECH team.</nowiki> |url=https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Facebook]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref> or other third-party accessories or software interfaces
*Control printer temperatures or cooling
*Automate printer behaviors based on sensor data or events
*Access camera feeds through third-party applications<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9">{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Am I wrong in understanding that Bambu Connect is just a upgraded version of what used to be the network plugin? The difference is that it’s not a plugin anymore. The only API offered is signing/sending .3mf files – everything else is only in Bambu Connect, but not available to other tools anymore: No syncing AMS filaments, no access to cloud-synced print profiles, no manually moving/heating the printer, no monitoring progress, no access to the camera etc. So yeah, Orca could probably implement a new “Send” button, but the “Device” Tab will be gone and preparing prints would also be a lot worse… I still don’t fully understand why they’re doing this. If they did it to Bambu Studio as well, then it would make more sense (not linking their closed-source plugin against the GPLd slicer anymore, finally complying with the license), but as it stands it seems they’ll only kneecap Orca (and any goodwill in the community around it). |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033106/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

===Permanent nature of the update===
Once a printer is updated to the new firmware, users can still revert to previous versions that allows full control of the printer using LAN mode access key while signed into the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Here’s what Bambu will — and won’t — promise after its controversial 3D printer update |url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122143504/https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref> The option still exists to disable the cloud service.

The manufacturer states this change is required for security, but community members note that many of the security vulnerabilities being addressed stem from Bambu's own cloud-centric design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12">{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 2025 |title=Bambu Studio 1.10.2 Public Beta |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033127/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>. The update forces users into using Bambu Connect middleware if they want to retain limited cloud functionality.

This can be characterised as a significant post-purchase reduction in functionality for existing owners who bought their printers with the understanding they could use third-party software and home-automation tools, but also only affects users actively choosing to use Bambu Cloud at the same time. The nature of the printer update is used to demonstrate how manufacturers can use software updates to unilaterally modify the capabilities of hardware products after purchase, although in this case the changes affect only people already choosing to use the cloud service<ref name=":4" />.

For users that would want to use a third-party slicer while using their cloud service, Bambu would require those users to download and install Bambu Connect in order to send gcode wirelessly over LAN or over the cloud. While Bambu claims that they were in contact with SoftFever, the developer of OrcaSlicer, as of writing, SoftFever still does not have any keys for Bambu Connect and the new firmware is only available as opt-in beta at the moment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=@fever_soft |date=18 Jan 2025 |title=This is definitely a bummer. I was negotiating for an authorization key to allow OrcaSlicer to communicate with their device like BambuStudio does, but today I was told they won't support this. Only their slicer can send prints directly; others must use their Bambu Connect application |url=https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[X]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>

==Impact on functionality==
While some functionality remains unauthenticated like in previous firmware versions (sending status information from the printer over the network, starting a print job using SD cards), the most important features now require authentication through a new closed-source client called Bambu Connect<ref name="bambu-connect" />. These restricted features include:

*Initializing prints via LAN or cloud mode
*Remote video access to monitor prints
*Controlling motion system, temperature, fans
*AMS settings and calibrations
*Home automation integration beyond basic status monitoring

Previously, third-party software such as OrcaSlicer<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063">{{Cite web |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=FW 1.08.03.00 from Bambu WILL BREAK ORCASLICER for X, P and A series #8063 |url=https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192842/https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> could interact with Bambu Lab printers via the open-source Bambu Studio and proprietary network plug-ins. While Bambu Connect provides a limited URL-based API to initiate prints, most functionality previously openly available is now restricted to Bambu's ecosystem<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9" />.

Previously, third-party accessories such as Panda Touch would allow users to control their printers with a standalone device. Panda Touch was especially popular amongst P series printer owners since P series printers contain a monochromatic screen with a D-pad by default for printer control whereas Panda Touch is a full-color touch screen that had a small battery so that way users could reposition and detach their Panda Touch off their printers if needed. Users would be able to queue up jobs, jog printer motors, and connect to multiple printers at once in order to monitor print jobs. According to Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer of the Panda Touch, they urge users of Panda Touch not to update firmware any further since doing so would foreseeably permanently break compatibility with users' printers and their Panda Touch. <ref name=":0" />

==Communication with Panda Touch developers==

As of writing, no formal communication has happened between Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer and developer of Panda Touch, and Bambu Labs. Based on their Facebook announcement, BTT stated that they have reached out to Bambu and will update if Bambu responds to their correspondence<ref name=":0" />.

==Communication with OrcaSlicer developers==

Before the official announcement of the new authorization and authentication, Bambu Lab engaged with the OrcaSlicer development team regarding the changes. This communication has sparked significant discussion within the 3D-printing community, particularly regarding its timing, tone, and implications.

===Pre-announcement contact===
Reports from OrcaSlicer demonstrate that Bambu Lab provided limited advance notice of the changes that would render their software incompatible with Bambu printers running the new firmware. The communication emphasized:
*The introduction of Bambu Connect as the only supported method for interacting with third-party slicers.
*The discontinuation of the network plugin API that OrcaSlicer and other tools relied on for printer control<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />.
*An invitation for OrcaSlicer developers to adapt their software to integrate with the Bambu Connect URL scheme.

The communication lacked the detailed technical documentation that would be necessary for developers to be able to work with the new requirements.

===How the community viewed these actions===
This approach has been interpreted by many as a calculated move by Bambu Lab to enforce tighter control over its ecosystem. Primary criticisms of Bambu were:
*'''Lack of transparency''': The limited warning to OrcaSlicer devs suggests that Bambu Lab prioritized internal rollout schedules over community engagement with existing customers. Point to the contrary: the new firmware is in beta and Bambu Connect middleware contains temporary compromises to allow third-party slicers to work as before.
*'''Lack of follow-through:''' As of writing, SoftFever, OrcaSlicer's lead developer, still does not have API keys for Bambu Connect, a necessary layer of Bambu software that would need to be integrated into OrcaSlicer. Bambu's original announcement prominently mentioned OrcaSlicer and gave the impression that Bambu is actively providing the necessary assets so that SoftFever would be able to implement the new software architecture so that OrcaSlicer users are able to still use OrcaSlicer to send gcode to their printers without needing Bambu Connect to be installed as a separate program. The lack of active cooperation does not reflect favorably upon Bambu as it seems like their announcement used OrcaSlicer's name to try to make it seem like Bambu is trying its best to make sure that developers have what they need, but in reality, their inaction seems to show that Bambu is not making a sincere attempt to ensure that OrcaSlicer remains supported<ref name=":1" />.
*'''Disregard for open-source collaboration''': OrcaSlicer is widely used in the community; it is an open-source effort to improve the 3D-printing experience for all customers. By abruptly altering the compatibility landscape, Bambu Lab is seen as undermining good-faith initiatives to improve the ecosystem for everyone. The decision to restrict network APIs in favor of proprietary systems such as Bambu Connect represents a broader industry trend of closing off ecosystems that were once open, removing customer choice, privacy, and freedom.
*'''Token support for third-party tools''': While Bambu Connect provides a workaround for third-party slicer use, it significantly restricts functionality and complicates workflows, leading many to question the sincerity of Bambu's stated support for open-source tools<ref name="bambu-connect" />.
*'''Power imbalance''': As the hardware manufacturer, Bambu Lab has the ability to dictate how its products can be used; often to the detriment of third-party developers and users.

==Community-driven workarounds and technical alternatives==

The 3D-printing community has begun exploring potential workarounds to restore functionality and user autonomy. These efforts focus on bypassing or mitigating the limitations imposed by the firmware update.

===Custom firmware development===
Discussions within the community highlight interest in developing custom firmware as an alternative to Bambu's official updates. One prominent project mentioned in forums is the development of custom firmware for the X1-series printers, such as the "X1Plus Custom Firmware"<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. This firmware aims to:
*Restore direct network control and third-party slicer compatibility.
*Re-enable previously available features such as motion-system adjustments, temperature control, and AMS settings without requiring proprietary software.
*Provide users with greater flexibility in integrating printers with home-automation systems and workflows.

However, custom firmware development faces significant challenges, including:
*Limited documentation and proprietary hardware components, which complicate reverse-engineering efforts.
*The potential voiding of warranties and risks of bricking devices.
*Legal concerns regarding intellectual property and bypassing manufacturer-imposed restrictions.

==Backup of current third party access enabled firmware and network plugins==
This GitHub repository contains a backup of all the latest firmware released by Bambu Labs for their printers and of the network plugin used by slicers such as Orca Slicer to communicate with the printer: https://github.com/Tzeny/bambulabs_plugins_firmware.

==LAN mode and blocked internet access==
At the time of writing user Tzeny15 on reddit, has authored a five step guide to blocking internet access for the Bambu P1S as a precaution in case the manufacturer attempts to limit functionality for printers without the newest firmware.<ref> {{Cite web |last=@Tzeny15 |title=LAN mode with live view, remote monitoring+control and blocked internet access - a five step guide |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250310115818/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |archive-date=10 Mar 2025}}</ref>

[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide|Read the full guide here.]]

==Reverse engineering Bambu Connect==
{{:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect}}

''[[Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect|Read more about reverse engineering Bambu Connect here.]]''

==Community tools and scripts==
In addition to firmware alternatives, some users have come up with custom scripts and software tools to interface with Bambu Lab printers indirectly. These tools often rely on:
*Reverse-engineering the URL-based commands required by Bambu Connect to enable partial functionality with third-party slicers like OrcaSlicer.
*Creating local server emulations to replicate the network API previously available before the update.

While these tools provide temporary solutions, they don't fully replace the open ecosystem that existed prior to the authorization update.

===Re-engineering printer-control electronics===
ChazLayyd's Bambu Lab Klipper Conversion project is currently in an incomplete stage<ref>{{Cite web |last=@ChazLayyd |title=Running Klipper on a Bambu Lab machine by replacing it's internal electronics with readily available open-source hardware. |url=https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251116182420/https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |archive-date=16 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://discord.gg/W6B5mBejuC DhazLayyd's Discord Community] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033213/https://discord.com/invite/W6B5mBejuC Archived])</ref>. While the project was not made in response to Bambu's announcement, there has been a wave of new public interest in this specific project. ChazLayyd's documentation instructs P1S owners to non-destructively remove the old control electronics that run Bambu's proprietary software and instructs P1S owners to install off-the-shelf control components so that the existing motor connectors and other critical electronics can communicate with the newly-installed off-the-shelf control components.

===Advocacy for open-ecosystem support===
Community members have also organized to advocate for open-source support and rollback options. Suggestions include:
*Allowing an opt-out option for existing users who prefer local network control without cloud dependency.
**It should be pointed out that this has always been possible and past firmware updates made signing into the cloud at any point completely unnecessary. This information continues to be ignored by some.
*Providing an official API for third-party slicers under specific licensing agreements that allow secure authorized usage.<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />

==='''Alternative software to prevent auto update(tells the server its version 99+ for now)'''===
Currently X1Plus a OPEN SOURCE custom firmware version for Bambu Labs printers(more details on the GitHub page)

*It includes tutorials to install IF you haven't updated. keep in mind this is third party so will void any warranty's. PLEASE read all information available on the GitHub to get a full understanding of how it works and if in this situation it will benefit you or your business.
*https://github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus
*The Bambu Labs website offers consumers the ability to request a rootable firmware to be sent to their printers. At the time of writing (Jan 26, 2025), the feature (in the EU at least) is broken such that you cannot finalize the process of requesting such a firmware. Ref: https://bambulab.com/en-eu/third-party-firmware/plan
**The result of accepting the terms of the page titled "Third Party Firmware Plan Guideline" and clicking "Next" takes you to a page titled "Important Notice and Risk Warning" which, when accepting the terms leaves you with an "I got it" button that takes you back to the previous page.

==Bambu corporate strategy vs maker community values==

===Impact on professional users and print farms===
The restrictions imposed by the new authorization system create significant operational challenges for professional users who kept their printers signed into the cloud:

*Print farms can no longer use custom automation systems to manage multiple printers
*Workflows built around third-party software have to be completely redesigned
*The requirement to manually export and import files through Bambu Connect creates additional labor
*Integration with existing business systems and workflows becomes more difficult or impossible
*Professional users with more than 20 printers report the new workflow as "an absolute nightmare"<ref>{{Cite web |last=@drakko |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Oh, the beta version. Luckily, I don’t allow new firmware on my machine, not until I see multiple validations from trustworthy users. So, in this respect I’m safe. Also, I never trust a beta version, no matter how reliable the releaser is. Thx for the clarification @Square3D . Appreciated. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033245/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
The solution to the above is not to sign the printer into the cloud. Keeping the printer signed in would be a security oversight in this use case on the part of the print farm.

===Privacy and data-collection concerns===

The shift toward mandatory use of Bambu's software ecosystem raises several privacy and data collection concerns:

*All printer operations must now pass through Bambu's cloud infrastructure when using cloud mode
*User print data, including file names and print settings, becomes visible to Bambu when cloud is used
*Operational data is processed through Bambu's servers while on a different network. The camera feed, on the other hand, is always peer-to-peer.
*Users have limited visibility into how their data is collected, stored, and used in the cloud
*The system creates dependence on Bambu's cloud services availability for basic printer functionality<ref name=":4" />

While Bambu Lab maintains that cloud processing is necessary for security and functionality, community members argue this represents unnecessary data collection that could be handled locally<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. The company's cloud infrastructure costs are significant, leading some users to speculate that future monetization of the cloud services may be planned<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5">{{Cite web |last=@NeverDie |date=Jan 2025 |title=I’m not disagreeing, but as a short-term workaround, are you able to write the print files to an SD card and then print from that? I’m too new to have tried it myself, but I thought that was at least an option. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643/5 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>. Therefore, people should assess if their use case mandates the use of the cloud service and disable it when it doesn't.

This shift from local control to cloud-dependent operation is part of a broader trend in consumer devices, where manufacturers use security concerns to justify increased data collection and reduced customer control over devices they bought and paid for. Privacy-conscious users should operate their printers in LAN-only mode to avoid cloud connectivity.

==Customer reactions==

Customer reactions have been overwhelmingly negative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=15 Jan 2025 |title=Improvements Introduce authorization and authentication protection mechanism: Bambu Studio now supports signing and encrypting control commands sent to printers when the printer supports authorization and authentication protection. The printer will determine whether the commands can be executed. Hmmm. This reads suspiciously vague. It could mean that Bambu printers get an onboard permission handling, so that you can “lock down” your printer and set what commands can be run. But it could also mean that Bambu printers in (or of?) the future will only run Gcode encrypted and signed by Bambu Studio… |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033306/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=@iranintoavan |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250403012526/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |archive-date=3 Apr 2025}}</ref> Bambu Lab has historically pushed cloud-based printer interaction while offering limited LAN mode functionality<ref name=":4" />. Many customers argue that the security issues this locked-down firmware claims to address are actually consequences of the company's cloud-based design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control,<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" /> which continues to infuriate users who are now told that security is the justification for a loss of freedom. As a result of the announcement of the shift, customer ratings on sites like Trustpilot rapidly dropped,<ref>https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104031/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency Archived])</ref> with many reviews citing the restrictions as the reason for the bad reviews.

The shift raises privacy concerns as the restricted LAN mode functionality will now push more users into Bambu's cloud infrastructure for processing user print data, including file names and print settings.

Many community members and customers ask whether the significant costs of maintaining and deploying this cloud infrastructure might lead to future monetization of these now-mandatory services,<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5" /> with subscriptions required for features that once worked with local access.

It should be noted, however, that so far '''no changes have been made or indicated for those not using the cloud service'''. Past firmware updates made it possible to avoid using the cloud service completely by allowing pairing the slicer via IP address and access key and doing offline firmware updates without having to sign the printer into the service, not even temporarily, keeping local functionality unchanged.

==Comparisons to similar practices by other companies==

Bambu Lab's new authorization and authentication requirements have been compared to a number of practices by traditional printer manufacturers, such as [[HP]] or [[Epson]], who have also faced backlash around their handling of [[digital rights management]] (DRM){{Citation needed}}. These comparisons address:
*'''Forced updates''': Firmware updates have rendered third-party ink cartridges incompatible, forcing users to purchase proprietary consumables.
*'''Restricted features''': Scanner/printer combos that will not scan if the ink is empty.
*'''Consumer backlash''': Users criticized these updates as anti-consumer, with some pursuing [[class action lawsuit|class-action lawsuits]] for deceptive practices.<ref name=":5" />

Like 2D printers, Bambu Lab's update restricts functionality previously available to users and pushes them toward proprietary software and cloud-based control.

A parallel specific to the 3D-printing industry can also be drawn from the now-defunct 3D-printer manufacturer [[MakerBot]], whose shift from open-source, DIY-focused machines in 2012 to closed-source, proprietary machines (similarly to Bambu Labs), ultimately drove customers to less-expensive, open-source competitors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benchoff |first=Brian |date=28 Apr 2016 |title=The MakerBot Obituary |url=https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=hackaday.com |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251208222057/https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |archive-date=8 Dec 2025}}</ref> MakerBot was also accused of asserting ownership over publicly available, open-source designs uploaded to its 3D print repository, Thingiverse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |date=28 May 2014 |title=MakerBot Responds To Critics Who Claim It Is Stealing Community IP |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=TechCrunch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251111041317/https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref> These factors contributed to MakerBot steadily losing their position and reputation as an industry leader, before getting absorbed by rival Ultimaker in 2022.
==TOS restricting development of third party devices and accessories==

It is understood that the following section has been part of the Bambu Lab TOS at least since January 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@X1Plus |title=X1plus community Bambu Lab firmware - A win for everyone? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212657/https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> with some users suggesting that the purpose is to restrict development, while others argue that this is a standard clause used by companies around the world<ref>{{Cite web |last=@mflexx |title=Not updated. And this part is shared by pretty much every company that has ever existed on this planet. That's just blatant karma farming at this point. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212738/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.

“ 3.1 You may not use Bambu Lab technology or Bambu Lab intellectual property to develop software or design, develop, manufacture, sell, or license third-party devices/accessories associated with Bambu Lab Product without Bambu Lab's prior consent.”<ref name=":2" />

==References==
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On January 16, 2025, the 3D-printer manufacturer '''[[Bambu Lab]]''' announced that future firmwares for their 3D printers would introduce an authorization and authentication protection mechanism for their connection and control, in the name of security. This mechanism restricts the use of third party accessories and slicers, such as Panda Touch and OrcaSlicer.
==Controversy regarding firmware updates==
[[File:Bambu tos screenshot.png|alt=bambu terms stating print jobs may not function properly if update is not performed to new firmware which is highly limiting. |thumb|Bambu terms regarding printer functionality & potential for disrupted print jobs if users do not update to a new firmware that radically restricts the autonomy of the owner of the printer]]

===Potential for remote disabling of printers===
A significant concern raised by the community revolves around the wording in Bambu Lab's [[Terms of Service]] and firmware update announcements. Critics and users argue that the phrasing leaves open the possibility for the manufacturer to remotely disable printers that are not updated to the latest firmware. Specifically, Bambu Lab's Terms of Service<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2024 |title=Terms of Use |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/KZqib |archive-date=27 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]]}}</ref><ref>"Terms of Use" 2026-03-09 [https://ghostarchive.org/archive/vPu9I Archived]</ref> states that printers '''"may block new print jobs"''' if updates are not applied, which some users interpret as a potential pathway for forced obsolescence.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2">https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223032912/https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ Archived])</ref> While defenders of Bambu Lab point out that offline modes such as SD-card printing and LAN-only setups would remain functional, others point out that the Terms of Service do not explicitly limit this restriction to cloud-based printing. This ambiguity has led to speculation that Bambu Lab could enforce broader limitations, effectively rendering printers inoperable for users who choose not to update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=@nickjohnson |title=Bambu Lab reserves the right to brick your printer until you update the firmware |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250119220606/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2025}}</ref>

====Editing of initial announcement====
Bambu users were concerned they would not be able to utilize their printer if they did not install this update, due to the wording of the blog and the terms of service.<ref>[[:File:Bambu tos screenshot.png]]</ref> This caused confusion since users report that Bambu's blog post dated January 16th<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22">{{Cite web |last=@BambuKidd |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/ejq3R |archive-date=16 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog}}</ref> specifically says the following:
<blockquote><strong>What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?</strong>

You may continue using an older firmware version that does not include the new security updates; however, this means the printers may miss out on important security fixes or bug patches included in newer versions. We highly encourage updating to the latest firmware version for the best experience and enhanced security.</blockquote>However, '''this was not present on the day of the announcement.''' A snapshot of their webpage from archive.is demonstrates this section did not exist on the day of the announcement, when community members voiced their concerns.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /><ref>[[:File:2024-01-16-Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System.pdf]]</ref> Bambu's response to community feedback<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=20 Jan 2025 |title=Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001409/https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> references ''"social media posts spreading baseless allegations and untrue claims about Bambu Lab",'' including ''"Firmware updates will block your printer’s ability to print.",'' without mentioning the context for those allegations. The context for those allegations was the lack of inclusion of the ''"What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?"'' in Bambu's initial announcement alongside their stated terms of service.

This announcement, after the edit in question, clearly states in the header - '''''Updated: January 17, 2025''' - to include additional details and FAQs where the '''What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?''' among others was added.''

As per webpage oldest snapshot from '''archive.is'''<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /> dated 16 Jan 2025 17:31 UTC there are two references if choosing to stay on the old firmware:<blockquote>

====<sup> Important Information for End Users </sup>====
<sup>2. Old Firmware Option:
Users who decide to use an older firmware version can still use the previous or new versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy without restrictions.</sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that user can choose to stay on the previous firmware and will not be punished for their choice by exclusion from access of first party updated software tools.<blockquote>
====<sup> Information for OrcaSlicer users </sup>====
<sup> 1. You can continue using your X Series 3D printer with the older firmware version (which does not include Authorization Features). <br>
2. If you choose to upgrade to the firmware version with Authorization Features, you must download and install Bambu Connect (a printer control software)... </sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that users have the right of choice to upgrade or stay on the older firmware.

While FAQ section was added after the initial blog post publication:
*It appears to summarize unedited information available in the original article.
*Addition of the FAQ section, and as a result - editing the initial article, are clearly announced.

===Debate over "bricking" terminology===
''The debate has also "''extended to the definition of 'bricking':" Some community members assert that if a printer is unable to accept new print jobs without an update, it effectively becomes non-functional and qualifies as being "bricked." Others counter that as long as certain offline functionalities remain (such as SD-card printing) the term does not accurately apply.<ref name=":3" />

===Privacy policy issues===
Bambu Lab's privacy policy, under "Personal Data that we collect," explicitly states: "3D Model in each client ('Printing Files') and other information related to the print job we may store, including start times, finish times, filament consumption and other relevant information."<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Mar 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002621/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> This contradicts their claim that they do not monitor 3D prints. Additionally, the privacy policy webpage is notably excluded from the Wayback Machine, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in their data practices.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy</ref>

===Community strategies to deal with risks===
Users have discussed strategies to avoid possible disruptions, including:
*Operating printers exclusively in offline modes.
*Utilizing LAN connections or VPN setups: this requires an access key from the printer (previously, you could use your cloud credentials over LAN).
*Exploring alternative firmware or third-party scripts to restore full functionality.<ref name=":3" />

==Bambu Lab's justification and rebuttal==
Bambu Lab has stated that the authorization system is in place in order to protect against "remote hacks," "printer exposure," and "abnormal traffic or attacks." There are, however, several ways to mitigate these risks without the loss of user control that their system causes:

*'''The "remote hacks" that were cited as an example in the article seem to be a direct result of the 3D-printer vendor not responding properly to a reported security vulnerability in their product.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cluley |first=Graham |date=1 Mar 2024 |title=Someone is hacking 3D printers to warn owners of a security flaw |url=https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bitdefender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002646/https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Therefore, in order to get attention, the researcher decided to infect machines and display a harmless message to spread publicity.''' Properly responding to security vulnerabilities, working to patch them quickly, and working with the security community (who would be more than happy to help secure products) would be some ways to prevent this.
*In the article cited about printer exposure, the hack was carried out largely because of user misconfiguration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ms. Smith |date=5 Sep 2018 |title=Over 3,700 exposed 3D printers open to remote attackers |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=CSO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002556/https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Printer exposure can be mitigated by offering more convenient ways to securely expose printers to the internet, so that users are not tempted to allow unauthenticated access over the network.
*The "abnormal traffic" can be mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of Security Incident Responses and Abnormal Cloud Traffic |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216003052/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*"Other malicious devices in the LAN" can be partially mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=25 Nov 2022 |title=Answering network security concerns for our printers |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001754/https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Another mitigation is to add stronger authentication mechanisms, rather than using a weak pre-shared LAN access code as is currently the case.

==Issues with LAN mode requiring authorization==
[[File:Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login.png|thumb|Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login]]
Bambu Lab printers have the ability to be controlled over both cloud and LAN. This allowed users to integrate their printers into private networks and maintain full control without having to rely on the manufacturer's server while also allowing cloud access. The new authorization system mandates that even LAN-based operations must go through an authentication process using Bambu Connect to retain full control.<ref name="bambu-connect">{{Cite web |title=Bambu Connect (beta) |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001924/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Full local access is still possible and unchanged for those not using the cloud.

This change has drawn criticism for many reasons:
*'''Privacy concerns''': Requiring authentication for LAN mode raises concerns about data being unnecessarily exposed to Bambu Lab's servers, even for local-only operations, though previously, the printer was also connected and could be controlled by the cloud even when sending prints locally.
**Confidentiality required by US Law - This is in conflict with those that have to comply with 18 CFR § 3a.61, 32 CFR § 117.15, 32 CFR § 2001.47, and other restrictions.
*'''Loss of offline independence while also using cloud''': Before, users could have hybrid offline setups. The requirement for authentication removes this option unless users revert to older firmware versions, which Bambu does not allow people to do once they have updated to the firmware using the new scheme.
*'''Increased complexity''': The added authentication layer complicates workflows for users who built custom setups or relied on third-party integrations for LAN control while retaining cloud functionality.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=@edlboston |date=Jan 2023 |title=Yes, I know about the LAN mode. But as has been stated by many people, things like the camera will not work, nor will the Handy app. There is no technical reason that these are bound to the cloud. This is the problem and why I titled this FULL Non-Cloud Network. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>

It is worth noting that:
*LAN-Only mode in Orca Slicer is implemented by passing API Calls to the installed proprietary Bambu Network Plug-In (unlike BTT and other solutions that did indeed communicate with printer directly via MQTT protocol).
*Plug-In provides controls for Printers "Critical Operations" (as classified by the Firmware Announcement article) and displays these controls within the window of Orca Slicer.
*Using intermediary Plug-In does not manifest as "direct access through network plugin". It is still a Proxy communication, even if user experience is presented as direct communication (same slicer window).
*Bambu Connect moves the Network Plug-In functionality outside of the window of Orca Slicer thus appearing as separate window and presents the appearance of "indirect" communication channel to the printer.
*While the user experience is different, the flow remains unchanged Orca Slicer slices model -> Orca Slicer Calls API of Bambu Proprietary Software -> Bambu Proprietary Software controls the printer.

Additionally, Bambu Connect software (downloaded and installed on 19.01.2024 (2025?) prior to the backlash response) seems to have functionality of adding LAN-Only printers without the requirement of Bambu Account authentication (Same behavior as Network Plugin used in Orca Slicer)

===Precedents and comparisons===
Critics have likened this potential functionality to similar cases in other industries where manufacturers remotely restrict product features. Notable examples include [[HP]]'s printer firmware updates that [[HP Instant Ink|rendered third-party ink cartridges unusable]] and Tesla's software locks on second-hand vehicles. These parallels suggest a broader trend of manufacturers [[Retroactively amended purchase|using software to control hardware capabilities post-purchase]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-03-19 |title=HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250319231817/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |archive-date=2025-03-19 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002258/https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features Archived])</ref>

===X1E firmware 01.01.02.00 LAN only connection "BUG"===
Newly received X1E printers with firmware 01.01.02.00 will not connect to the Bambu Studio using the Lan only method password. Bambu Studio identifies the un-logged printer but will not allow a connection to the printer. Only after connection / account paring is done over the Bambu Handy app by giving internet access to the PC and Printer then utilizing the cloud service connection will Lan only communication and login work.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Sep 2024 |title=Connect X1E to stand-alone computer |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033045/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Implementation timeline and requirements==

The authorization system will be rolled out in phases, starting with the X1 series printers. A beta firmware (version 01.08.03.00) was released on January 17, 2025, with the full release scheduled for January 23, 2025. The P & A series printers will get similar updates at an unspecified future date.

To use printers with the new authorization system, users must update multiple pieces of software:
*Bambu Studio must be updated to version 01.10.02.64 or higher
*Bambu Handy mobile app must be updated to version 2.17.0 or higher
*The new Bambu Connect application must be installed for using third-party slicers

These software updates are mandatory for users who update their firmware. Failing to update all components simultaneously will result in certain printer controls becoming unusable. Users who choose to maintain third-party software compatibility can continue using older firmware versions, or downgrade the firmware for new printers that ship with the authorization system pre-installed.

Bambu Lab states these coordinated updates are necessary because the new authorization system fundamentally changes how the printer validates and accepts commands. The older versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy lack the authentication mechanisms required to interact with printers running the new firmware. The Bambu Connect application was created specifically to provide a controlled interface for third-party software, replacing the previous direct access through network plugins.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2" />

==Impact on third-party integration and user choice==

===Changes to third-party access===
The new authorization system replaces direct network API access with a more limited URL-based interface through Bambu Connect. Third-party software can only interact with the printer by sending specific URL commands to Bambu Connect.<ref name="bambu-connect" /> The interface requires three parameters:

*<code>path</code>: The absolute file system path to the 3MF file (e.g., /tmp/cube.gcode.3mf)
*<code>name</code>: The name of the file (e.g., Cube)
*<code>version</code>: A fixed value of 1.0.0 for compatibility

A complete command must be formatted as:

bambu-connect://import-file?path=%2Ftmp%2Fcube.gcode.3mf&name=Cube&version=1.0.0

This interface only allows basic file transfer and print initiation. All other printer-control functions previously available to third-party software are now exclusive to Bambu's own applications. The path and name parameters must be URL-encoded using encodeURIComponent or equivalent functions<ref name="bambu-connect" />.

===Reduced home-automation capabilities===
While basic status monitoring remains available (e.g., print-progress updates in Home Assistant), the new firmware removes the ability for home-automation systems to control printer functions. Users can no longer:
*Start or stop prints remotely using Home Assistant, BTT Panda Touch,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=@BIGTREETECH |date=17 Jan 2025 |title=<nowiki>Dear Users, Recently Bambu announced some significant changes to how authorization will work with some of their coming firmware updates for the X series (X1, X1C, X1E) of their printers. We want to use this post to explain how it will affect the Panda Touch and how you can still retain full functionality.
The announcement in question can be read here: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing.../ Below is a bullet point list of the key points and implications from this announcement: - The new authorization control system will be rolled out to the X range of printers on the 23rd of January 2025. - No mention is made of an exact release schedule for the P and A series printers. - The new authorization method will likely limit the control available to third party devices and software on all X series machines. This includes software like Home Assistant, Orca Slicer and the Panda Touch. - A and P series machines will retain full third party software and device control until Bambu release a similar firmware update for those machines. - The firmware updates are optional and any users who wish to retain third party device or software control can choose not to perform the update. - We have reached out to Bambu to try and obtain more information and we will keep users updated as Bambu provides feedback that is approved for public release. Our recommendation is to remain on your current firmware so that you can retain the use of the Panda Touch until we have more clarity about the situation. Sincerely, The BIQU/BIGTREETECH team.</nowiki> |url=https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Facebook]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref> or other third-party accessories or software interfaces
*Control printer temperatures or cooling
*Automate printer behaviors based on sensor data or events
*Access camera feeds through third-party applications<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9">{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Am I wrong in understanding that Bambu Connect is just a upgraded version of what used to be the network plugin? The difference is that it’s not a plugin anymore. The only API offered is signing/sending .3mf files – everything else is only in Bambu Connect, but not available to other tools anymore: No syncing AMS filaments, no access to cloud-synced print profiles, no manually moving/heating the printer, no monitoring progress, no access to the camera etc. So yeah, Orca could probably implement a new “Send” button, but the “Device” Tab will be gone and preparing prints would also be a lot worse… I still don’t fully understand why they’re doing this. If they did it to Bambu Studio as well, then it would make more sense (not linking their closed-source plugin against the GPLd slicer anymore, finally complying with the license), but as it stands it seems they’ll only kneecap Orca (and any goodwill in the community around it). |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033106/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

===Permanent nature of the update===
Once a printer is updated to the new firmware, users can still revert to previous versions that allows full control of the printer using LAN mode access key while signed into the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Here’s what Bambu will — and won’t — promise after its controversial 3D printer update |url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122143504/https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref> The option still exists to disable the cloud service.

The manufacturer states this change is required for security, but community members note that many of the security vulnerabilities being addressed stem from Bambu's own cloud-centric design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12">{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 2025 |title=Bambu Studio 1.10.2 Public Beta |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033127/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>. The update forces users into using Bambu Connect middleware if they want to retain limited cloud functionality.

This can be characterised as a significant post-purchase reduction in functionality for existing owners who bought their printers with the understanding they could use third-party software and home-automation tools, but also only affects users actively choosing to use Bambu Cloud at the same time. The nature of the printer update is used to demonstrate how manufacturers can use software updates to unilaterally modify the capabilities of hardware products after purchase, although in this case the changes affect only people already choosing to use the cloud service<ref name=":4" />.

For users that would want to use a third-party slicer while using their cloud service, Bambu would require those users to download and install Bambu Connect in order to send gcode wirelessly over LAN or over the cloud. While Bambu claims that they were in contact with SoftFever, the developer of OrcaSlicer, as of writing, SoftFever still does not have any keys for Bambu Connect and the new firmware is only available as opt-in beta at the moment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=@fever_soft |date=18 Jan 2025 |title=This is definitely a bummer. I was negotiating for an authorization key to allow OrcaSlicer to communicate with their device like BambuStudio does, but today I was told they won't support this. Only their slicer can send prints directly; others must use their Bambu Connect application |url=https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[X]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>

==Impact on functionality==
While some functionality remains unauthenticated like in previous firmware versions (sending status information from the printer over the network, starting a print job using SD cards), the most important features now require authentication through a new closed-source client called Bambu Connect<ref name="bambu-connect" />. These restricted features include:

*Initializing prints via LAN or cloud mode
*Remote video access to monitor prints
*Controlling motion system, temperature, fans
*AMS settings and calibrations
*Home automation integration beyond basic status monitoring

Previously, third-party software such as OrcaSlicer<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063">{{Cite web |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=FW 1.08.03.00 from Bambu WILL BREAK ORCASLICER for X, P and A series #8063 |url=https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192842/https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> could interact with Bambu Lab printers via the open-source Bambu Studio and proprietary network plug-ins. While Bambu Connect provides a limited URL-based API to initiate prints, most functionality previously openly available is now restricted to Bambu's ecosystem<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9" />.

Previously, third-party accessories such as Panda Touch would allow users to control their printers with a standalone device. Panda Touch was especially popular amongst P series printer owners since P series printers contain a monochromatic screen with a D-pad by default for printer control whereas Panda Touch is a full-color touch screen that had a small battery so that way users could reposition and detach their Panda Touch off their printers if needed. Users would be able to queue up jobs, jog printer motors, and connect to multiple printers at once in order to monitor print jobs. According to Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer of the Panda Touch, they urge users of Panda Touch not to update firmware any further since doing so would foreseeably permanently break compatibility with users' printers and their Panda Touch. <ref name=":0" />

==Communication with Panda Touch developers==

As of writing, no formal communication has happened between Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer and developer of Panda Touch, and Bambu Labs. Based on their Facebook announcement, BTT stated that they have reached out to Bambu and will update if Bambu responds to their correspondence<ref name=":0" />.

==Communication with OrcaSlicer developers==

Before the official announcement of the new authorization and authentication, Bambu Lab engaged with the OrcaSlicer development team regarding the changes. This communication has sparked significant discussion within the 3D-printing community, particularly regarding its timing, tone, and implications.

===Pre-announcement contact===
Reports from OrcaSlicer demonstrate that Bambu Lab provided limited advance notice of the changes that would render their software incompatible with Bambu printers running the new firmware. The communication emphasized:
*The introduction of Bambu Connect as the only supported method for interacting with third-party slicers.
*The discontinuation of the network plugin API that OrcaSlicer and other tools relied on for printer control<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />.
*An invitation for OrcaSlicer developers to adapt their software to integrate with the Bambu Connect URL scheme.

The communication lacked the detailed technical documentation that would be necessary for developers to be able to work with the new requirements.

===How the community viewed these actions===
This approach has been interpreted by many as a calculated move by Bambu Lab to enforce tighter control over its ecosystem. Primary criticisms of Bambu were:
*'''Lack of transparency''': The limited warning to OrcaSlicer devs suggests that Bambu Lab prioritized internal rollout schedules over community engagement with existing customers. Point to the contrary: the new firmware is in beta and Bambu Connect middleware contains temporary compromises to allow third-party slicers to work as before.
*'''Lack of follow-through:''' As of writing, SoftFever, OrcaSlicer's lead developer, still does not have API keys for Bambu Connect, a necessary layer of Bambu software that would need to be integrated into OrcaSlicer. Bambu's original announcement prominently mentioned OrcaSlicer and gave the impression that Bambu is actively providing the necessary assets so that SoftFever would be able to implement the new software architecture so that OrcaSlicer users are able to still use OrcaSlicer to send gcode to their printers without needing Bambu Connect to be installed as a separate program. The lack of active cooperation does not reflect favorably upon Bambu as it seems like their announcement used OrcaSlicer's name to try to make it seem like Bambu is trying its best to make sure that developers have what they need, but in reality, their inaction seems to show that Bambu is not making a sincere attempt to ensure that OrcaSlicer remains supported<ref name=":1" />.
*'''Disregard for open-source collaboration''': OrcaSlicer is widely used in the community; it is an open-source effort to improve the 3D-printing experience for all customers. By abruptly altering the compatibility landscape, Bambu Lab is seen as undermining good-faith initiatives to improve the ecosystem for everyone. The decision to restrict network APIs in favor of proprietary systems such as Bambu Connect represents a broader industry trend of closing off ecosystems that were once open, removing customer choice, privacy, and freedom.
*'''Token support for third-party tools''': While Bambu Connect provides a workaround for third-party slicer use, it significantly restricts functionality and complicates workflows, leading many to question the sincerity of Bambu's stated support for open-source tools<ref name="bambu-connect" />.
*'''Power imbalance''': As the hardware manufacturer, Bambu Lab has the ability to dictate how its products can be used; often to the detriment of third-party developers and users.

==Community-driven workarounds and technical alternatives==

The 3D-printing community has begun exploring potential workarounds to restore functionality and user autonomy. These efforts focus on bypassing or mitigating the limitations imposed by the firmware update.

===Custom firmware development===
Discussions within the community highlight interest in developing custom firmware as an alternative to Bambu's official updates. One prominent project mentioned in forums is the development of custom firmware for the X1-series printers, such as the "X1Plus Custom Firmware"<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. This firmware aims to:
*Restore direct network control and third-party slicer compatibility.
*Re-enable previously available features such as motion-system adjustments, temperature control, and AMS settings without requiring proprietary software.
*Provide users with greater flexibility in integrating printers with home-automation systems and workflows.

However, custom firmware development faces significant challenges, including:
*Limited documentation and proprietary hardware components, which complicate reverse-engineering efforts.
*The potential voiding of warranties and risks of bricking devices.
*Legal concerns regarding intellectual property and bypassing manufacturer-imposed restrictions.

==Backup of current third party access enabled firmware and network plugins==
This GitHub repository contains a backup of all the latest firmware released by Bambu Labs for their printers and of the network plugin used by slicers such as Orca Slicer to communicate with the printer: https://github.com/Tzeny/bambulabs_plugins_firmware.

==LAN mode and blocked internet access==
At the time of writing user Tzeny15 on reddit, has authored a five step guide to blocking internet access for the Bambu P1S as a precaution in case the manufacturer attempts to limit functionality for printers without the newest firmware.<ref> {{Cite web |last=@Tzeny15 |title=LAN mode with live view, remote monitoring+control and blocked internet access - a five step guide |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250310115818/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |archive-date=10 Mar 2025}}</ref>

[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide|Read the full guide here.]]

==Reverse engineering Bambu Connect==
{{:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect}}

''[[Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect|Read more about reverse engineering Bambu Connect here.]]''

==Community tools and scripts==
In addition to firmware alternatives, some users have come up with custom scripts and software tools to interface with Bambu Lab printers indirectly. These tools often rely on:
*Reverse-engineering the URL-based commands required by Bambu Connect to enable partial functionality with third-party slicers like OrcaSlicer.
*Creating local server emulations to replicate the network API previously available before the update.

While these tools provide temporary solutions, they don't fully replace the open ecosystem that existed prior to the authorization update.

===Re-engineering printer-control electronics===
ChazLayyd's Bambu Lab Klipper Conversion project is currently in an incomplete stage<ref>{{Cite web |last=@ChazLayyd |title=Running Klipper on a Bambu Lab machine by replacing it's internal electronics with readily available open-source hardware. |url=https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251116182420/https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |archive-date=16 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://discord.gg/W6B5mBejuC DhazLayyd's Discord Community] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033213/https://discord.com/invite/W6B5mBejuC Archived])</ref>. While the project was not made in response to Bambu's announcement, there has been a wave of new public interest in this specific project. ChazLayyd's documentation instructs P1S owners to non-destructively remove the old control electronics that run Bambu's proprietary software and instructs P1S owners to install off-the-shelf control components so that the existing motor connectors and other critical electronics can communicate with the newly-installed off-the-shelf control components.

===Advocacy for open-ecosystem support===
Community members have also organized to advocate for open-source support and rollback options. Suggestions include:
*Allowing an opt-out option for existing users who prefer local network control without cloud dependency.
**It should be pointed out that this has always been possible and past firmware updates made signing into the cloud at any point completely unnecessary. This information continues to be ignored by some.
*Providing an official API for third-party slicers under specific licensing agreements that allow secure authorized usage.<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />

==='''Alternative software to prevent auto update(tells the server its version 99+ for now)'''===
Currently X1Plus a OPEN SOURCE custom firmware version for Bambu Labs printers(more details on the GitHub page)

*It includes tutorials to install IF you haven't updated. keep in mind this is third party so will void any warranty's. PLEASE read all information available on the GitHub to get a full understanding of how it works and if in this situation it will benefit you or your business.
*https://github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus
*The Bambu Labs website offers consumers the ability to request a rootable firmware to be sent to their printers. At the time of writing (Jan 26, 2025), the feature (in the EU at least) is broken such that you cannot finalize the process of requesting such a firmware. Ref: https://bambulab.com/en-eu/third-party-firmware/plan
**The result of accepting the terms of the page titled "Third Party Firmware Plan Guideline" and clicking "Next" takes you to a page titled "Important Notice and Risk Warning" which, when accepting the terms leaves you with an "I got it" button that takes you back to the previous page.

==Bambu corporate strategy vs maker community values==

===Impact on professional users and print farms===
The restrictions imposed by the new authorization system create significant operational challenges for professional users who kept their printers signed into the cloud:

*Print farms can no longer use custom automation systems to manage multiple printers
*Workflows built around third-party software have to be completely redesigned
*The requirement to manually export and import files through Bambu Connect creates additional labor
*Integration with existing business systems and workflows becomes more difficult or impossible
*Professional users with more than 20 printers report the new workflow as "an absolute nightmare"<ref>{{Cite web |last=@drakko |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Oh, the beta version. Luckily, I don’t allow new firmware on my machine, not until I see multiple validations from trustworthy users. So, in this respect I’m safe. Also, I never trust a beta version, no matter how reliable the releaser is. Thx for the clarification @Square3D . Appreciated. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033245/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
The solution to the above is not to sign the printer into the cloud. Keeping the printer signed in would be a security oversight in this use case on the part of the print farm.

===Privacy and data-collection concerns===

The shift toward mandatory use of Bambu's software ecosystem raises several privacy and data collection concerns:

*All printer operations must now pass through Bambu's cloud infrastructure when using cloud mode
*User print data, including file names and print settings, becomes visible to Bambu when cloud is used
*Operational data is processed through Bambu's servers while on a different network. The camera feed, on the other hand, is always peer-to-peer.
*Users have limited visibility into how their data is collected, stored, and used in the cloud
*The system creates dependence on Bambu's cloud services availability for basic printer functionality<ref name=":4" />

While Bambu Lab maintains that cloud processing is necessary for security and functionality, community members argue this represents unnecessary data collection that could be handled locally<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. The company's cloud infrastructure costs are significant, leading some users to speculate that future monetization of the cloud services may be planned<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5">{{Cite web |last=@NeverDie |date=Jan 2025 |title=I’m not disagreeing, but as a short-term workaround, are you able to write the print files to an SD card and then print from that? I’m too new to have tried it myself, but I thought that was at least an option. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643/5 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>. Therefore, people should assess if their use case mandates the use of the cloud service and disable it when it doesn't.

This shift from local control to cloud-dependent operation is part of a broader trend in consumer devices, where manufacturers use security concerns to justify increased data collection and reduced customer control over devices they bought and paid for. Privacy-conscious users should operate their printers in LAN-only mode to avoid cloud connectivity.

==Customer reactions==

Customer reactions have been overwhelmingly negative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=15 Jan 2025 |title=Improvements Introduce authorization and authentication protection mechanism: Bambu Studio now supports signing and encrypting control commands sent to printers when the printer supports authorization and authentication protection. The printer will determine whether the commands can be executed. Hmmm. This reads suspiciously vague. It could mean that Bambu printers get an onboard permission handling, so that you can “lock down” your printer and set what commands can be run. But it could also mean that Bambu printers in (or of?) the future will only run Gcode encrypted and signed by Bambu Studio… |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033306/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=@iranintoavan |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250403012526/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |archive-date=3 Apr 2025}}</ref> Bambu Lab has historically pushed cloud-based printer interaction while offering limited LAN mode functionality<ref name=":4" />. Many customers argue that the security issues this locked-down firmware claims to address are actually consequences of the company's cloud-based design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control,<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" /> which continues to infuriate users who are now told that security is the justification for a loss of freedom. As a result of the announcement of the shift, customer ratings on sites like Trustpilot rapidly dropped,<ref>https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104031/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency Archived])</ref> with many reviews citing the restrictions as the reason for the bad reviews.

The shift raises privacy concerns as the restricted LAN mode functionality will now push more users into Bambu's cloud infrastructure for processing user print data, including file names and print settings.

Many community members and customers ask whether the significant costs of maintaining and deploying this cloud infrastructure might lead to future monetization of these now-mandatory services,<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5" /> with subscriptions required for features that once worked with local access.

It should be noted, however, that so far '''no changes have been made or indicated for those not using the cloud service'''. Past firmware updates made it possible to avoid using the cloud service completely by allowing pairing the slicer via IP address and access key and doing offline firmware updates without having to sign the printer into the service, not even temporarily, keeping local functionality unchanged.

==Comparisons to similar practices by other companies==

Bambu Lab's new authorization and authentication requirements have been compared to a number of practices by traditional printer manufacturers, such as [[HP]] or [[Epson]], who have also faced backlash around their handling of [[digital rights management]] (DRM){{Citation needed}}. These comparisons address:
*'''Forced updates''': Firmware updates have rendered third-party ink cartridges incompatible, forcing users to purchase proprietary consumables.
*'''Restricted features''': Scanner/printer combos that will not scan if the ink is empty.
*'''Consumer backlash''': Users criticized these updates as anti-consumer, with some pursuing [[class action lawsuit|class-action lawsuits]] for deceptive practices.<ref name=":5" />

Like 2D printers, Bambu Lab's update restricts functionality previously available to users and pushes them toward proprietary software and cloud-based control.

A parallel specific to the 3D-printing industry can also be drawn from the now-defunct 3D-printer manufacturer [[MakerBot]], whose shift from open-source, DIY-focused machines in 2012 to closed-source, proprietary machines (similarly to Bambu Labs), ultimately drove customers to less-expensive, open-source competitors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benchoff |first=Brian |date=28 Apr 2016 |title=The MakerBot Obituary |url=https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=hackaday.com |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251208222057/https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |archive-date=8 Dec 2025}}</ref> MakerBot was also accused of asserting ownership over publicly available, open-source designs uploaded to its 3D print repository, Thingiverse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |date=28 May 2014 |title=MakerBot Responds To Critics Who Claim It Is Stealing Community IP |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=TechCrunch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251111041317/https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref> These factors contributed to MakerBot steadily losing their position and reputation as an industry leader, before getting absorbed by rival Ultimaker in 2022.
==TOS restricting development of third party devices and accessories==

It is understood that the following section has been part of the Bambu Lab TOS at least since January 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@X1Plus |title=X1plus community Bambu Lab firmware - A win for everyone? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212657/https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> with some users suggesting that the purpose is to restrict development, while others argue that this is a standard clause used by companies around the world<ref>{{Cite web |last=@mflexx |title=Not updated. And this part is shared by pretty much every company that has ever existed on this planet. That's just blatant karma farming at this point. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212738/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.

“ 3.1 You may not use Bambu Lab technology or Bambu Lab intellectual property to develop software or design, develop, manufacture, sell, or license third-party devices/accessories associated with Bambu Lab Product without Bambu Lab's prior consent.”<ref name=":2" />

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On January 16, 2025, the 3D-printer manufacturer '''[[Bambu Lab]]''' announced that future firmwares for their 3D printers would introduce an authorization and authentication protection mechanism for their connection and control, in the name of security. This mechanism restricts the use of third party accessories and slicers, such as Panda Touch and OrcaSlicer.
==Controversy regarding firmware updates==
[[File:Bambu tos screenshot.png|alt=bambu terms stating print jobs may not function properly if update is not performed to new firmware which is highly limiting. |thumb|Bambu terms regarding printer functionality & potential for disrupted print jobs if users do not update to a new firmware that radically restricts the autonomy of the owner of the printer]]

===Potential for remote disabling of printers===
A significant concern raised by the community revolves around the wording in Bambu Lab's [[Terms of Service]] and firmware update announcements. Critics and users argue that the phrasing leaves open the possibility for the manufacturer to remotely disable printers that are not updated to the latest firmware. Specifically, Bambu Lab's Terms of Service<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=24 Apr 2024 |title=Terms of Use |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/terms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/KZqib |archive-date=27 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]]}}</ref> states that printers '''"may block new print jobs"''' if updates are not applied, which some users interpret as a potential pathway for forced obsolescence.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2">https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223032912/https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ Archived])</ref> While defenders of Bambu Lab point out that offline modes such as SD-card printing and LAN-only setups would remain functional, others point out that the Terms of Service do not explicitly limit this restriction to cloud-based printing. This ambiguity has led to speculation that Bambu Lab could enforce broader limitations, effectively rendering printers inoperable for users who choose not to update.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=@nickjohnson |title=Bambu Lab reserves the right to brick your printer until you update the firmware |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250119220606/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i45iy2/bambu_lab_reserves_the_right_to_brick_your/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2025}}</ref>

====Editing of initial announcement====
Bambu users were concerned they would not be able to utilize their printer if they did not install this update, due to the wording of the blog and the terms of service.<ref>[[:File:Bambu tos screenshot.png]]</ref> This caused confusion since users report that Bambu's blog post dated January 16th<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22">{{Cite web |last=@BambuKidd |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/ejq3R |archive-date=16 Jan 2025 |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog}}</ref> specifically says the following:
<blockquote><strong>What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?</strong>

You may continue using an older firmware version that does not include the new security updates; however, this means the printers may miss out on important security fixes or bug patches included in newer versions. We highly encourage updating to the latest firmware version for the best experience and enhanced security.</blockquote>However, '''this was not present on the day of the announcement.''' A snapshot of their webpage from archive.is demonstrates this section did not exist on the day of the announcement, when community members voiced their concerns.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /><ref>[[:File:2024-01-16-Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System.pdf]]</ref> Bambu's response to community feedback<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=20 Jan 2025 |title=Updates and Third-Party Integration with Bambu Connect |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001409/https://blog.bambulab.com/updates-and-third-party-integration-with-bambu-connect/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> references ''"social media posts spreading baseless allegations and untrue claims about Bambu Lab",'' including ''"Firmware updates will block your printer’s ability to print.",'' without mentioning the context for those allegations. The context for those allegations was the lack of inclusion of the ''"What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?"'' in Bambu's initial announcement alongside their stated terms of service.

This announcement, after the edit in question, clearly states in the header - '''''Updated: January 17, 2025''' - to include additional details and FAQs where the '''What happens if I never upgrade to this firmware?''' among others was added.''

As per webpage oldest snapshot from '''archive.is'''<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-22" /> dated 16 Jan 2025 17:31 UTC there are two references if choosing to stay on the old firmware:<blockquote>

====<sup> Important Information for End Users </sup>====
<sup>2. Old Firmware Option:
Users who decide to use an older firmware version can still use the previous or new versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy without restrictions.</sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that user can choose to stay on the previous firmware and will not be punished for their choice by exclusion from access of first party updated software tools.<blockquote>
====<sup> Information for OrcaSlicer users </sup>====
<sup> 1. You can continue using your X Series 3D printer with the older firmware version (which does not include Authorization Features). <br>
2. If you choose to upgrade to the firmware version with Authorization Features, you must download and install Bambu Connect (a printer control software)... </sup>
</blockquote>
Statement reads that users have the right of choice to upgrade or stay on the older firmware.

While FAQ section was added after the initial blog post publication:
*It appears to summarize unedited information available in the original article.
*Addition of the FAQ section, and as a result - editing the initial article, are clearly announced.

===Debate over "bricking" terminology===
''The debate has also "''extended to the definition of 'bricking':" Some community members assert that if a printer is unable to accept new print jobs without an update, it effectively becomes non-functional and qualifies as being "bricked." Others counter that as long as certain offline functionalities remain (such as SD-card printing) the term does not accurately apply.<ref name=":3" />

===Privacy policy issues===
Bambu Lab's privacy policy, under "Personal Data that we collect," explicitly states: "3D Model in each client ('Printing Files') and other information related to the print job we may store, including start times, finish times, filament consumption and other relevant information."<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 Mar 2025 |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Bambu Lab]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002621/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> This contradicts their claim that they do not monitor 3D prints. Additionally, the privacy policy webpage is notably excluded from the Wayback Machine, raising concerns about transparency and accountability in their data practices.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20250000000000*/https://bambulab.com/en-us/policies/privacy</ref>

===Community strategies to deal with risks===
Users have discussed strategies to avoid possible disruptions, including:
*Operating printers exclusively in offline modes.
*Utilizing LAN connections or VPN setups: this requires an access key from the printer (previously, you could use your cloud credentials over LAN).
*Exploring alternative firmware or third-party scripts to restore full functionality.<ref name=":3" />

==Bambu Lab's justification and rebuttal==
Bambu Lab has stated that the authorization system is in place in order to protect against "remote hacks," "printer exposure," and "abnormal traffic or attacks." There are, however, several ways to mitigate these risks without the loss of user control that their system causes:

*'''The "remote hacks" that were cited as an example in the article seem to be a direct result of the 3D-printer vendor not responding properly to a reported security vulnerability in their product.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cluley |first=Graham |date=1 Mar 2024 |title=Someone is hacking 3D printers to warn owners of a security flaw |url=https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bitdefender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002646/https://www.bitdefender.com/en-au/blog/hotforsecurity/someone-is-hacking-3d-printers-to-warn-owners-of-a-security-flaw?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Therefore, in order to get attention, the researcher decided to infect machines and display a harmless message to spread publicity.''' Properly responding to security vulnerabilities, working to patch them quickly, and working with the security community (who would be more than happy to help secure products) would be some ways to prevent this.
*In the article cited about printer exposure, the hack was carried out largely because of user misconfiguration.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ms. Smith |date=5 Sep 2018 |title=Over 3,700 exposed 3D printers open to remote attackers |url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=CSO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002556/https://www.csoonline.com/article/566223/over-3700-exposed-3d-printers-open-to-remote-attackers.html?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Printer exposure can be mitigated by offering more convenient ways to securely expose printers to the internet, so that users are not tempted to allow unauthenticated access over the network.
*The "abnormal traffic" can be mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of Security Incident Responses and Abnormal Cloud Traffic |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216003052/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/security-incidents-cloud-traffic?ref=blog.bambulab.com |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*"Other malicious devices in the LAN" can be partially mitigated by steps Bambu has already put in place, as detailed in their own article on the matter.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@SpaghettiMonster |date=25 Nov 2022 |title=Answering network security concerns for our printers |url=https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Blog |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001754/https://blog.bambulab.com/answering-network-security-concerns/ |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Another mitigation is to add stronger authentication mechanisms, rather than using a weak pre-shared LAN access code as is currently the case.

==Issues with LAN mode requiring authorization==
[[File:Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login.png|thumb|Bambu Connect App - Lan Device Discovery without Bambu Login]]
Bambu Lab printers have the ability to be controlled over both cloud and LAN. This allowed users to integrate their printers into private networks and maintain full control without having to rely on the manufacturer's server while also allowing cloud access. The new authorization system mandates that even LAN-based operations must go through an authentication process using Bambu Connect to retain full control.<ref name="bambu-connect">{{Cite web |title=Bambu Connect (beta) |url=https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Wiki |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216001924/https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/software/bambu-connect |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> Full local access is still possible and unchanged for those not using the cloud.

This change has drawn criticism for many reasons:
*'''Privacy concerns''': Requiring authentication for LAN mode raises concerns about data being unnecessarily exposed to Bambu Lab's servers, even for local-only operations, though previously, the printer was also connected and could be controlled by the cloud even when sending prints locally.
**Confidentiality required by US Law - This is in conflict with those that have to comply with 18 CFR § 3a.61, 32 CFR § 117.15, 32 CFR § 2001.47, and other restrictions.
*'''Loss of offline independence while also using cloud''': Before, users could have hybrid offline setups. The requirement for authentication removes this option unless users revert to older firmware versions, which Bambu does not allow people to do once they have updated to the firmware using the new scheme.
*'''Increased complexity''': The added authentication layer complicates workflows for users who built custom setups or relied on third-party integrations for LAN control while retaining cloud functionality.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=@edlboston |date=Jan 2023 |title=Yes, I know about the LAN mode. But as has been stated by many people, things like the camera will not work, nor will the Handy app. There is no technical reason that these are bound to the cloud. This is the problem and why I titled this FULL Non-Cloud Network. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>

It is worth noting that:
*LAN-Only mode in Orca Slicer is implemented by passing API Calls to the installed proprietary Bambu Network Plug-In (unlike BTT and other solutions that did indeed communicate with printer directly via MQTT protocol).
*Plug-In provides controls for Printers "Critical Operations" (as classified by the Firmware Announcement article) and displays these controls within the window of Orca Slicer.
*Using intermediary Plug-In does not manifest as "direct access through network plugin". It is still a Proxy communication, even if user experience is presented as direct communication (same slicer window).
*Bambu Connect moves the Network Plug-In functionality outside of the window of Orca Slicer thus appearing as separate window and presents the appearance of "indirect" communication channel to the printer.
*While the user experience is different, the flow remains unchanged Orca Slicer slices model -> Orca Slicer Calls API of Bambu Proprietary Software -> Bambu Proprietary Software controls the printer.

Additionally, Bambu Connect software (downloaded and installed on 19.01.2024 (2025?) prior to the backlash response) seems to have functionality of adding LAN-Only printers without the requirement of Bambu Account authentication (Same behavior as Network Plugin used in Orca Slicer)

===Precedents and comparisons===
Critics have likened this potential functionality to similar cases in other industries where manufacturers remotely restrict product features. Notable examples include [[HP]]'s printer firmware updates that [[HP Instant Ink|rendered third-party ink cartridges unusable]] and Tesla's software locks on second-hand vehicles. These parallels suggest a broader trend of manufacturers [[Retroactively amended purchase|using software to control hardware capabilities post-purchase]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Harding |first=Scharon |date=2025-03-19 |title=HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250319231817/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/hp-avoids-monetary-damages-over-bricked-printers-in-class-action-settlement/ |archive-date=2025-03-19 |website=Ars Technica}}</ref><ref>https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002258/https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-remote-disable-used-car-features Archived])</ref>

===X1E firmware 01.01.02.00 LAN only connection "BUG"===
Newly received X1E printers with firmware 01.01.02.00 will not connect to the Bambu Studio using the Lan only method password. Bambu Studio identifies the un-logged printer but will not allow a connection to the printer. Only after connection / account paring is done over the Bambu Handy app by giving internet access to the PC and Printer then utilizing the cloud service connection will Lan only communication and login work.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Sep 2024 |title=Connect X1E to stand-alone computer |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033045/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/connect-x1e-to-stand-alone-computer/101474 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Implementation timeline and requirements==

The authorization system will be rolled out in phases, starting with the X1 series printers. A beta firmware (version 01.08.03.00) was released on January 17, 2025, with the full release scheduled for January 23, 2025. The P & A series printers will get similar updates at an unspecified future date.

To use printers with the new authorization system, users must update multiple pieces of software:
*Bambu Studio must be updated to version 01.10.02.64 or higher
*Bambu Handy mobile app must be updated to version 2.17.0 or higher
*The new Bambu Connect application must be installed for using third-party slicers

These software updates are mandatory for users who update their firmware. Failing to update all components simultaneously will result in certain printer controls becoming unusable. Users who choose to maintain third-party software compatibility can continue using older firmware versions, or downgrade the firmware for new printers that ship with the authorization system pre-installed.

Bambu Lab states these coordinated updates are necessary because the new authorization system fundamentally changes how the printer validates and accepts commands. The older versions of Bambu Studio and Bambu Handy lack the authentication mechanisms required to interact with printers running the new firmware. The Bambu Connect application was created specifically to provide a controlled interface for third-party software, replacing the previous direct access through network plugins.<ref name="firmware-update-introducing-new-authorization-control-system-2" />

==Impact on third-party integration and user choice==

===Changes to third-party access===
The new authorization system replaces direct network API access with a more limited URL-based interface through Bambu Connect. Third-party software can only interact with the printer by sending specific URL commands to Bambu Connect.<ref name="bambu-connect" /> The interface requires three parameters:

*<code>path</code>: The absolute file system path to the 3MF file (e.g., /tmp/cube.gcode.3mf)
*<code>name</code>: The name of the file (e.g., Cube)
*<code>version</code>: A fixed value of 1.0.0 for compatibility

A complete command must be formatted as:

bambu-connect://import-file?path=%2Ftmp%2Fcube.gcode.3mf&name=Cube&version=1.0.0

This interface only allows basic file transfer and print initiation. All other printer-control functions previously available to third-party software are now exclusive to Bambu's own applications. The path and name parameters must be URL-encoded using encodeURIComponent or equivalent functions<ref name="bambu-connect" />.

===Reduced home-automation capabilities===
While basic status monitoring remains available (e.g., print-progress updates in Home Assistant), the new firmware removes the ability for home-automation systems to control printer functions. Users can no longer:
*Start or stop prints remotely using Home Assistant, BTT Panda Touch,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=@BIGTREETECH |date=17 Jan 2025 |title=<nowiki>Dear Users, Recently Bambu announced some significant changes to how authorization will work with some of their coming firmware updates for the X series (X1, X1C, X1E) of their printers. We want to use this post to explain how it will affect the Panda Touch and how you can still retain full functionality.
The announcement in question can be read here: https://blog.bambulab.com/firmware-update-introducing.../ Below is a bullet point list of the key points and implications from this announcement: - The new authorization control system will be rolled out to the X range of printers on the 23rd of January 2025. - No mention is made of an exact release schedule for the P and A series printers. - The new authorization method will likely limit the control available to third party devices and software on all X series machines. This includes software like Home Assistant, Orca Slicer and the Panda Touch. - A and P series machines will retain full third party software and device control until Bambu release a similar firmware update for those machines. - The firmware updates are optional and any users who wish to retain third party device or software control can choose not to perform the update. - We have reached out to Bambu to try and obtain more information and we will keep users updated as Bambu provides feedback that is approved for public release. Our recommendation is to remain on your current firmware so that you can retain the use of the Panda Touch until we have more clarity about the situation. Sincerely, The BIQU/BIGTREETECH team.</nowiki> |url=https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Facebook]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://www.facebook.com/BIGTREETECH/posts/pfbid0SNZGxvf7NRdmyVgHf6y9yNedNbU2RrCfdT8gugTSD4AYfr5BHneNF9H1EbwyYiJEl |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref> or other third-party accessories or software interfaces
*Control printer temperatures or cooling
*Automate printer behaviors based on sensor data or events
*Access camera feeds through third-party applications<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9">{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Am I wrong in understanding that Bambu Connect is just a upgraded version of what used to be the network plugin? The difference is that it’s not a plugin anymore. The only API offered is signing/sending .3mf files – everything else is only in Bambu Connect, but not available to other tools anymore: No syncing AMS filaments, no access to cloud-synced print profiles, no manually moving/heating the printer, no monitoring progress, no access to the camera etc. So yeah, Orca could probably implement a new “Send” button, but the “Device” Tab will be gone and preparing prints would also be a lot worse… I still don’t fully understand why they’re doing this. If they did it to Bambu Studio as well, then it would make more sense (not linking their closed-source plugin against the GPLd slicer anymore, finally complying with the license), but as it stands it seems they’ll only kneecap Orca (and any goodwill in the community around it). |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033106/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/9 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>

===Permanent nature of the update===
Once a printer is updated to the new firmware, users can still revert to previous versions that allows full control of the printer using LAN mode access key while signed into the cloud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=22 Jan 2025 |title=Here’s what Bambu will — and won’t — promise after its controversial 3D printer update |url=https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=The Verge |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122143504/https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24349031/bambu-3d-printer-update-authentication-filament-subscription-lock-answers |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref> The option still exists to disable the cloud service.

The manufacturer states this change is required for security, but community members note that many of the security vulnerabilities being addressed stem from Bambu's own cloud-centric design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12">{{Cite web |date=14 Jan 2025 |title=Bambu Studio 1.10.2 Public Beta |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033127/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/12 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>. The update forces users into using Bambu Connect middleware if they want to retain limited cloud functionality.

This can be characterised as a significant post-purchase reduction in functionality for existing owners who bought their printers with the understanding they could use third-party software and home-automation tools, but also only affects users actively choosing to use Bambu Cloud at the same time. The nature of the printer update is used to demonstrate how manufacturers can use software updates to unilaterally modify the capabilities of hardware products after purchase, although in this case the changes affect only people already choosing to use the cloud service<ref name=":4" />.

For users that would want to use a third-party slicer while using their cloud service, Bambu would require those users to download and install Bambu Connect in order to send gcode wirelessly over LAN or over the cloud. While Bambu claims that they were in contact with SoftFever, the developer of OrcaSlicer, as of writing, SoftFever still does not have any keys for Bambu Connect and the new firmware is only available as opt-in beta at the moment.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=@fever_soft |date=18 Jan 2025 |title=This is definitely a bummer. I was negotiating for an authorization key to allow OrcaSlicer to communicate with their device like BambuStudio does, but today I was told they won't support this. Only their slicer can send prints directly; others must use their Bambu Connect application |url=https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[X]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104021/https://x.com/fever_soft/status/1880630570809795034?t=qJyh4SGFZFllcYrqexGW-Q |archive-date=4 Oct 2025}}</ref>

==Impact on functionality==
While some functionality remains unauthenticated like in previous firmware versions (sending status information from the printer over the network, starting a print job using SD cards), the most important features now require authentication through a new closed-source client called Bambu Connect<ref name="bambu-connect" />. These restricted features include:

*Initializing prints via LAN or cloud mode
*Remote video access to monitor prints
*Controlling motion system, temperature, fans
*AMS settings and calibrations
*Home automation integration beyond basic status monitoring

Previously, third-party software such as OrcaSlicer<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063">{{Cite web |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=FW 1.08.03.00 from Bambu WILL BREAK ORCASLICER for X, P and A series #8063 |url=https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708192842/https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/8063 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref> could interact with Bambu Lab printers via the open-source Bambu Studio and proprietary network plug-ins. While Bambu Connect provides a limited URL-based API to initiate prints, most functionality previously openly available is now restricted to Bambu's ecosystem<ref name="bambulab-forum-135400/9" />.

Previously, third-party accessories such as Panda Touch would allow users to control their printers with a standalone device. Panda Touch was especially popular amongst P series printer owners since P series printers contain a monochromatic screen with a D-pad by default for printer control whereas Panda Touch is a full-color touch screen that had a small battery so that way users could reposition and detach their Panda Touch off their printers if needed. Users would be able to queue up jobs, jog printer motors, and connect to multiple printers at once in order to monitor print jobs. According to Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer of the Panda Touch, they urge users of Panda Touch not to update firmware any further since doing so would foreseeably permanently break compatibility with users' printers and their Panda Touch. <ref name=":0" />

==Communication with Panda Touch developers==

As of writing, no formal communication has happened between Big Tree Tech (BTT), the manufacturer and developer of Panda Touch, and Bambu Labs. Based on their Facebook announcement, BTT stated that they have reached out to Bambu and will update if Bambu responds to their correspondence<ref name=":0" />.

==Communication with OrcaSlicer developers==

Before the official announcement of the new authorization and authentication, Bambu Lab engaged with the OrcaSlicer development team regarding the changes. This communication has sparked significant discussion within the 3D-printing community, particularly regarding its timing, tone, and implications.

===Pre-announcement contact===
Reports from OrcaSlicer demonstrate that Bambu Lab provided limited advance notice of the changes that would render their software incompatible with Bambu printers running the new firmware. The communication emphasized:
*The introduction of Bambu Connect as the only supported method for interacting with third-party slicers.
*The discontinuation of the network plugin API that OrcaSlicer and other tools relied on for printer control<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />.
*An invitation for OrcaSlicer developers to adapt their software to integrate with the Bambu Connect URL scheme.

The communication lacked the detailed technical documentation that would be necessary for developers to be able to work with the new requirements.

===How the community viewed these actions===
This approach has been interpreted by many as a calculated move by Bambu Lab to enforce tighter control over its ecosystem. Primary criticisms of Bambu were:
*'''Lack of transparency''': The limited warning to OrcaSlicer devs suggests that Bambu Lab prioritized internal rollout schedules over community engagement with existing customers. Point to the contrary: the new firmware is in beta and Bambu Connect middleware contains temporary compromises to allow third-party slicers to work as before.
*'''Lack of follow-through:''' As of writing, SoftFever, OrcaSlicer's lead developer, still does not have API keys for Bambu Connect, a necessary layer of Bambu software that would need to be integrated into OrcaSlicer. Bambu's original announcement prominently mentioned OrcaSlicer and gave the impression that Bambu is actively providing the necessary assets so that SoftFever would be able to implement the new software architecture so that OrcaSlicer users are able to still use OrcaSlicer to send gcode to their printers without needing Bambu Connect to be installed as a separate program. The lack of active cooperation does not reflect favorably upon Bambu as it seems like their announcement used OrcaSlicer's name to try to make it seem like Bambu is trying its best to make sure that developers have what they need, but in reality, their inaction seems to show that Bambu is not making a sincere attempt to ensure that OrcaSlicer remains supported<ref name=":1" />.
*'''Disregard for open-source collaboration''': OrcaSlicer is widely used in the community; it is an open-source effort to improve the 3D-printing experience for all customers. By abruptly altering the compatibility landscape, Bambu Lab is seen as undermining good-faith initiatives to improve the ecosystem for everyone. The decision to restrict network APIs in favor of proprietary systems such as Bambu Connect represents a broader industry trend of closing off ecosystems that were once open, removing customer choice, privacy, and freedom.
*'''Token support for third-party tools''': While Bambu Connect provides a workaround for third-party slicer use, it significantly restricts functionality and complicates workflows, leading many to question the sincerity of Bambu's stated support for open-source tools<ref name="bambu-connect" />.
*'''Power imbalance''': As the hardware manufacturer, Bambu Lab has the ability to dictate how its products can be used; often to the detriment of third-party developers and users.

==Community-driven workarounds and technical alternatives==

The 3D-printing community has begun exploring potential workarounds to restore functionality and user autonomy. These efforts focus on bypassing or mitigating the limitations imposed by the firmware update.

===Custom firmware development===
Discussions within the community highlight interest in developing custom firmware as an alternative to Bambu's official updates. One prominent project mentioned in forums is the development of custom firmware for the X1-series printers, such as the "X1Plus Custom Firmware"<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. This firmware aims to:
*Restore direct network control and third-party slicer compatibility.
*Re-enable previously available features such as motion-system adjustments, temperature control, and AMS settings without requiring proprietary software.
*Provide users with greater flexibility in integrating printers with home-automation systems and workflows.

However, custom firmware development faces significant challenges, including:
*Limited documentation and proprietary hardware components, which complicate reverse-engineering efforts.
*The potential voiding of warranties and risks of bricking devices.
*Legal concerns regarding intellectual property and bypassing manufacturer-imposed restrictions.

==Backup of current third party access enabled firmware and network plugins==
This GitHub repository contains a backup of all the latest firmware released by Bambu Labs for their printers and of the network plugin used by slicers such as Orca Slicer to communicate with the printer: https://github.com/Tzeny/bambulabs_plugins_firmware.

==LAN mode and blocked internet access==
At the time of writing user Tzeny15 on reddit, has authored a five step guide to blocking internet access for the Bambu P1S as a precaution in case the manufacturer attempts to limit functionality for printers without the newest firmware.<ref> {{Cite web |last=@Tzeny15 |title=LAN mode with live view, remote monitoring+control and blocked internet access - a five step guide |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250310115818/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ |archive-date=10 Mar 2025}}</ref>

[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide|Read the full guide here.]]

==Reverse engineering Bambu Connect==
{{:Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect}}

''[[Reverse Engineering Bambu Connect|Read more about reverse engineering Bambu Connect here.]]''

==Community tools and scripts==
In addition to firmware alternatives, some users have come up with custom scripts and software tools to interface with Bambu Lab printers indirectly. These tools often rely on:
*Reverse-engineering the URL-based commands required by Bambu Connect to enable partial functionality with third-party slicers like OrcaSlicer.
*Creating local server emulations to replicate the network API previously available before the update.

While these tools provide temporary solutions, they don't fully replace the open ecosystem that existed prior to the authorization update.

===Re-engineering printer-control electronics===
ChazLayyd's Bambu Lab Klipper Conversion project is currently in an incomplete stage<ref>{{Cite web |last=@ChazLayyd |title=Running Klipper on a Bambu Lab machine by replacing it's internal electronics with readily available open-source hardware. |url=https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=GitHub |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251116182420/https://github.com/ChazLayyd/Bambu-Lab-Klipper-Conversion |archive-date=16 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>[https://discord.gg/W6B5mBejuC DhazLayyd's Discord Community] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033213/https://discord.com/invite/W6B5mBejuC Archived])</ref>. While the project was not made in response to Bambu's announcement, there has been a wave of new public interest in this specific project. ChazLayyd's documentation instructs P1S owners to non-destructively remove the old control electronics that run Bambu's proprietary software and instructs P1S owners to install off-the-shelf control components so that the existing motor connectors and other critical electronics can communicate with the newly-installed off-the-shelf control components.

===Advocacy for open-ecosystem support===
Community members have also organized to advocate for open-source support and rollback options. Suggestions include:
*Allowing an opt-out option for existing users who prefer local network control without cloud dependency.
**It should be pointed out that this has always been possible and past firmware updates made signing into the cloud at any point completely unnecessary. This information continues to be ignored by some.
*Providing an official API for third-party slicers under specific licensing agreements that allow secure authorized usage.<ref name="orca-slicer-issue8063" />

==='''Alternative software to prevent auto update(tells the server its version 99+ for now)'''===
Currently X1Plus a OPEN SOURCE custom firmware version for Bambu Labs printers(more details on the GitHub page)

*It includes tutorials to install IF you haven't updated. keep in mind this is third party so will void any warranty's. PLEASE read all information available on the GitHub to get a full understanding of how it works and if in this situation it will benefit you or your business.
*https://github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus
*The Bambu Labs website offers consumers the ability to request a rootable firmware to be sent to their printers. At the time of writing (Jan 26, 2025), the feature (in the EU at least) is broken such that you cannot finalize the process of requesting such a firmware. Ref: https://bambulab.com/en-eu/third-party-firmware/plan
**The result of accepting the terms of the page titled "Third Party Firmware Plan Guideline" and clicking "Next" takes you to a page titled "Important Notice and Risk Warning" which, when accepting the terms leaves you with an "I got it" button that takes you back to the previous page.

==Bambu corporate strategy vs maker community values==

===Impact on professional users and print farms===
The restrictions imposed by the new authorization system create significant operational challenges for professional users who kept their printers signed into the cloud:

*Print farms can no longer use custom automation systems to manage multiple printers
*Workflows built around third-party software have to be completely redesigned
*The requirement to manually export and import files through Bambu Connect creates additional labor
*Integration with existing business systems and workflows becomes more difficult or impossible
*Professional users with more than 20 printers report the new workflow as "an absolute nightmare"<ref>{{Cite web |last=@drakko |date=16 Jan 2025 |title=Oh, the beta version. Luckily, I don’t allow new firmware on my machine, not until I see multiple validations from trustworthy users. So, in this respect I’m safe. Also, I never trust a beta version, no matter how reliable the releaser is. Thx for the clarification @Square3D . Appreciated. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033245/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/this-new-auth-system-will-make-me-sell-my-printers/135400/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
The solution to the above is not to sign the printer into the cloud. Keeping the printer signed in would be a security oversight in this use case on the part of the print farm.

===Privacy and data-collection concerns===

The shift toward mandatory use of Bambu's software ecosystem raises several privacy and data collection concerns:

*All printer operations must now pass through Bambu's cloud infrastructure when using cloud mode
*User print data, including file names and print settings, becomes visible to Bambu when cloud is used
*Operational data is processed through Bambu's servers while on a different network. The camera feed, on the other hand, is always peer-to-peer.
*Users have limited visibility into how their data is collected, stored, and used in the cloud
*The system creates dependence on Bambu's cloud services availability for basic printer functionality<ref name=":4" />

While Bambu Lab maintains that cloud processing is necessary for security and functionality, community members argue this represents unnecessary data collection that could be handled locally<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" />. The company's cloud infrastructure costs are significant, leading some users to speculate that future monetization of the cloud services may be planned<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5">{{Cite web |last=@NeverDie |date=Jan 2025 |title=I’m not disagreeing, but as a short-term workaround, are you able to write the print files to an SD card and then print from that? I’m too new to have tried it myself, but I thought that was at least an option. |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643/5 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216002035/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/full-non-cloud-based-network-option-needed/3643 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref>. Therefore, people should assess if their use case mandates the use of the cloud service and disable it when it doesn't.

This shift from local control to cloud-dependent operation is part of a broader trend in consumer devices, where manufacturers use security concerns to justify increased data collection and reduced customer control over devices they bought and paid for. Privacy-conscious users should operate their printers in LAN-only mode to avoid cloud connectivity.

==Customer reactions==

Customer reactions have been overwhelmingly negative.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@hho |date=15 Jan 2025 |title=Improvements Introduce authorization and authentication protection mechanism: Bambu Studio now supports signing and encrypting control commands sent to printers when the printer supports authorization and authentication protection. The printer will determine whether the commands can be executed. Hmmm. This reads suspiciously vague. It could mean that Bambu printers get an onboard permission handling, so that you can “lock down” your printer and set what commands can be run. But it could also mean that Bambu printers in (or of?) the future will only run Gcode encrypted and signed by Bambu Studio… |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223033306/https://forum.bambulab.com/t/bambu-studio-1-10-2-public-beta/134549/4 |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=@iranintoavan |title=Firmware Update Introducing New Authorization Control System |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=Old Reddit |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250403012526/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i2psvz/firmware_update_introducing_new_authorization/ |archive-date=3 Apr 2025}}</ref> Bambu Lab has historically pushed cloud-based printer interaction while offering limited LAN mode functionality<ref name=":4" />. Many customers argue that the security issues this locked-down firmware claims to address are actually consequences of the company's cloud-based design choices rather than inherent risks of local network control,<ref name="bambulab-forum-134549/12" /> which continues to infuriate users who are now told that security is the justification for a loss of freedom. As a result of the announcement of the shift, customer ratings on sites like Trustpilot rapidly dropped,<ref>https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251004104031/https://www.trustpilot.com/review/bambulab.com?sort=recency Archived])</ref> with many reviews citing the restrictions as the reason for the bad reviews.

The shift raises privacy concerns as the restricted LAN mode functionality will now push more users into Bambu's cloud infrastructure for processing user print data, including file names and print settings.

Many community members and customers ask whether the significant costs of maintaining and deploying this cloud infrastructure might lead to future monetization of these now-mandatory services,<ref name="bambulab-forum-3643/5" /> with subscriptions required for features that once worked with local access.

It should be noted, however, that so far '''no changes have been made or indicated for those not using the cloud service'''. Past firmware updates made it possible to avoid using the cloud service completely by allowing pairing the slicer via IP address and access key and doing offline firmware updates without having to sign the printer into the service, not even temporarily, keeping local functionality unchanged.

==Comparisons to similar practices by other companies==

Bambu Lab's new authorization and authentication requirements have been compared to a number of practices by traditional printer manufacturers, such as [[HP]] or [[Epson]], who have also faced backlash around their handling of [[digital rights management]] (DRM){{Citation needed}}. These comparisons address:
*'''Forced updates''': Firmware updates have rendered third-party ink cartridges incompatible, forcing users to purchase proprietary consumables.
*'''Restricted features''': Scanner/printer combos that will not scan if the ink is empty.
*'''Consumer backlash''': Users criticized these updates as anti-consumer, with some pursuing [[class action lawsuit|class-action lawsuits]] for deceptive practices.<ref name=":5" />

Like 2D printers, Bambu Lab's update restricts functionality previously available to users and pushes them toward proprietary software and cloud-based control.

A parallel specific to the 3D-printing industry can also be drawn from the now-defunct 3D-printer manufacturer [[MakerBot]], whose shift from open-source, DIY-focused machines in 2012 to closed-source, proprietary machines (similarly to Bambu Labs), ultimately drove customers to less-expensive, open-source competitors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Benchoff |first=Brian |date=28 Apr 2016 |title=The MakerBot Obituary |url=https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=hackaday.com |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251208222057/https://hackaday.com/2016/04/28/the-makerbot-obituary/ |archive-date=8 Dec 2025}}</ref> MakerBot was also accused of asserting ownership over publicly available, open-source designs uploaded to its 3D print repository, Thingiverse.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biggs |first=John |date=28 May 2014 |title=MakerBot Responds To Critics Who Claim It Is Stealing Community IP |url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |url-status=live |access-date=1 May 2025 |website=TechCrunch |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251111041317/https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/28/makerbot-responds-to-critics-who-claim-it-is-stealing-community-ip/ |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref> These factors contributed to MakerBot steadily losing their position and reputation as an industry leader, before getting absorbed by rival Ultimaker in 2022.
==TOS restricting development of third party devices and accessories==

It is understood that the following section has been part of the Bambu Lab TOS at least since January 2024,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@X1Plus |title=X1plus community Bambu Lab firmware - A win for everyone? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212657/https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/18zaay0/x1plus_community_bambu_lab_firmware_a_win_for/kggqg4n/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> with some users suggesting that the purpose is to restrict development, while others argue that this is a standard clause used by companies around the world<ref>{{Cite web |last=@mflexx |title=Not updated. And this part is shared by pretty much every company that has ever existed on this planet. That's just blatant karma farming at this point. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222212738/https://old.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1ibhhg7/updated_tos_shots_fired/m9i78kj/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=1 May 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>.

“ 3.1 You may not use Bambu Lab technology or Bambu Lab intellectual property to develop software or design, develop, manufacture, sell, or license third-party devices/accessories associated with Bambu Lab Product without Bambu Lab's prior consent.”<ref name=":2" />

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bambu Lab]]
[[Category:Feature Ransom]]
[[Category:3D printers]]

Android Developer Verification

2026-03-10T00:29:59Z

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{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Google
|StartDate=2025-08-25
|EndDate=
|Status=Active
|ProductLine=Google-certified Android devices
|Product=Android
|ArticleType=Service
|Type=Anticompetitive Behavior, Digital restrictions, Privacy
|Description=A planned restriction that forces developers to submit their identity to Google and pay a fee for their apps to be installable onto Android devices.
}}
On August 25th, 2025, [[Google]] announced an upcoming application installation restriction on Google-certified [[Android]] devices, requiring '''all''' developers to register and verify their real-life identity through the Developer Verification program and be approved by Google before their apps can be installed on Android devices. This requirement extends to '''''all''''' installation methods including "[[sideloading]]", third-party app repositories like [[F-Droid]], and direct APK installations. Google stated that this change "keeps the ecosystem open".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Aug 2025 |title=Elevating Android's security to keep it open and safe |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825180832/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification |archive-date=2025-08-25 |website=Android Developers}}</ref>

This is a giant shift from Android's traditionally open ecosystem and an abandonment of Android's founding principles.<ref>https://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140621023054/http://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html Archive]) Philosophy and Goals | Android Open Source] (2012) ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140621023054/http://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html Archived])</ref> It renders all existing APK files created throughout the years useless, and gives Google the ability to censor apps they dislike, such as those that can create permanent local backups of YouTube videos outside of Google's ecosystem with no [[data lock-in]] (a popular example being TubeMate), and lets them terminate developers out of spite for reasons unrelated to their apps (such as holding political views Google disagrees with), in addition to giving governments the ability to order Google to censor unwanted apps, similar to what already happened with Apple in China.<ref>[https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apple-censoring-its-app-store-china Apple Is Censoring its App Store for China] - Tech Transparency Projects ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251124220615/https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apple-censoring-its-app-store-china Archived])</ref>

It also prevents new Android applications from being developed offline with no Internet connection or Google account, given that every package name has to be registered in the developer console. This can prevent even verified developers from creating apps in countries where governments intermittently turn off Internet access, block access to Google services, or selectively block individuals from accessing the Internet.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-censorship-intl The future of Iran’s internet connectivity is still bleak, even as weeks-long blackout begins to lift | CNN] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223025239/https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-censorship-intl Archived])</ref>

Individuals who lose access to their Google accounts (for example, as a result of losing an authentication factor) would no longer be able register new applications.<ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ You Can't Control Your Data in the Cloud] - Karl Voit ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260202071758/https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ Archived])</ref> Unlimited offline distribution can also become a thing of the past. Google can impose arbitrary installation quotas, meaning limit the number of installations, like they are planning to do with [[#Limited_distribution|student accounts]]. In the future, Google can also stop accepting submissions for older Android versions altogether, forcing people to purchase new devices to run software that could technically run on their existing device.

As with any Google service, there exists a possibility that it will shut down entirely, given that Google has a long history of launching and shutting down experimental services.<ref>[https://gcemetery.co/ The Google Cemetery - Dead Google products] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221111719/https://gcemetery.co/ Archived])</ref><ref>[https://killedbygoogle.com/ Google Graveyard - Killed by Google] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221152454/https://killedbygoogle.com/ Archived])</ref> If Google shut down the Android Developer Console, no one could develop new Android application anymore, for any device sold with this verification requirement built in.

==Take action, make our voice heard==
Direct link to the useful resources provided by the [https://techlore.tech Techlore] https://keepandroidopen.org/

===Open Letter to Google===
[https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ The Open Letter] signed by most of the privacy advocates and organizations.

The keep android open website includes the following resources:

*ways to contact national regulators
*open letter and petitions
*f-droid additional sources
*editorial blogs and press reactions
*public discussions

==Background==
Android has historically allowed users to freely install applications from any source through APK files (sometimes called [[sideloading]]). This openness differentiated Android from competitors like iOS. It enabled alternative app repositories, including open-source repositories like [[F-Droid]], & direct developer-to-user distribution, offline installation with no Internet connection and Google account required, installation of applications not available in the Play Store (such as ''Flappy Bird'', after it was taken down by its developer, or ''TubeMate'', which Google does not allow on the Play Store), and installation of earlier versions (such as non-adware versions of ''ES File Explorer'').

The only technical requirements were that applications follow Android's technical guidelines for functionality & be signed with any certificate to maintain a chain of trust during updates.

This openness has been a defining characteristic of Android since its inception, supporting many different use cases from enterprise deployments to privacy-focused distributions. Google has defended this approach in antitrust proceedings, with Google's lawyers arguing in the [[Epic Games]] case that "Android and Google Play provide more choice and openness than any other major mobile platform"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Fortnite maker Epic Games wins its antitrust fight against Google |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/epic-games-google-antitrust-win/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=TechCrunch |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251126195055/https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/epic-games-google-antitrust-win/ |archive-date=26 Nov 2025}}</ref> & that the company's app store practices were "part of its fierce competition with Apple".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/epic-google-trial-verdict/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=The Washington Post |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250723224500/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/epic-google-trial-verdict/ |archive-date=23 Jul 2025}}</ref>

==Announcement and rationale==
Google announced the Developer Verification requirements on August 25th, 2025, through the Android Developers Blog.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825180832/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25}}</ref> According to Suzanne Frey, VP of Product, Trust & Growth for Android, the system is designed to combat malicious actors who "''hide behind anonymity to harm users by impersonating developers and using their brand image to create convincing fake apps."''

Google cited security statistics showing ''"over 50 times more malware from internet-sideloaded sources than on apps available through Google Play".''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading |url=https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/ |website=9to5Google |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119211442/https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2026}}</ref> The company framed the verification as ''"an ID check at the airport, which confirms a traveler's identity but is separate from the security screening of their bags".''

===Implementation timeline===
The implementation will be conducted in global rollout phases:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Android developer verification {{!}} Android Developers |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825204008/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25}}</ref>

*'''October 2025''': Early access opens for invited developers
*'''March 2026''': Open to all developers
*'''September 2026''': Enforcement begins in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
*'''2027 and beyond''': Global rollout continues

Key implementation details:
*No grandfather clauses for existing apps or developers
*[[wikipedia:Google_Play|Play Store]] developers likely already meet requirements through 2023's D-U-N-S implementation
*Organizations requiring D-U-N-S numbers should begin the process 28 days before deadlines
*Developers can initiate verification 60 days before enforcement
*90-day deadline extensions available for developers needing additional time
*After deadlines, users encounter system-level blocks with no override option when attempting to install unverified apps

===Updates===
Google announced that it is developing an 'advanced flow' for 'experienced users' to be able to install apps from unverified developers and described the process as 'maximally obscure and high-friction'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forsythe |first=Matthew |date=12 Nov 2025 |title=Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221030624/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=19 Jan 2026 |title=Google calls Android’s new sideloading flow ‘high friction’ |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/01/19/google-calls-androids-new-sideloading-flow-high-friction/}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260120014243/https://9to5google.com/2026/01/19/google-calls-androids-new-sideloading-flow-high-friction/ Archived])</ref> Free and open software distributor, F-Droid, clarified in a blog post that the android developer program remains to a credible threat to open source ecosystem on android and added a banner on the website as well as app linking to https://keepandroidopen.org/, for informing the dangers and recommending users to voice their concerns to relevant authority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Feb 2026 |title=Keep Android Open - TWIF curated on Friday, 20 Feb 2026, Week 8 - f-droid.org |url=https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/20/twif.html}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223025319/https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/20/twif.html Archived])</ref>

In February 24 2026, the KeepAndroidOpen movement published an open letter to google signed by various free and open source software organizations, digital rights groups and developer communities accessible under https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Feb 2026 |title=An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution |url=https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224172459/https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ |archive-date=24 Feb 2026}}</ref> The letter criticizes the need for google to gatekeep software beyond its own distribution platform, centralization of power having implications to privacy, censorship and surveillance especially with Google's historically opaque decision-making and review approach, imposition of barriers to entry for developers in various scenarios, anti-competitive implications and regulatory concerns. F-Droid was among the various organizations to sign the letter that in a blog post also stands opposed to signing up for developer verification that will begin the process in March 2026, recommending to developers to oppose the move by refusing to sign up as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Feb 2026 |title=An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification |url=https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224172628/https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html |archive-date=24 Feb 2026}}</ref>

On 4 March 2026, as part of changes following Google vs. Epic store Lawsuit, Google announced that it is allowing registered app stores to be published on google play platform if they "meet certain quality and safety benchmarks", which would otherwise be subject to same restrictions as those for other 'sideloaded' app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samat |first=Sameer |date=4 Mar 2026 |title=A new era for choice and openness |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305062940/android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html |archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref> Notably as part of the settlement, Epic games signed away its rights to sue Google over anything related as covered in the term sheet, until September 2032.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=5 Mar 2026 |title=Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google’s app store until 2032 |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305000517/www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032 |archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref>

==Technical implementation==

===Distribution types===
The Developer Verification system creates two tiers of developer accounts:<ref name=":0" />

====Limited distribution====
*Allows for distribution on up to 20 devices<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Android Developer Console: Account creation form |url=https://get.google.com/adc-early-access/u/0/onboarding |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=Android Developer Console}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223010845/https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fget.google.com%2Fadc-early-access%2Fu%2F0%2Fonboarding&dsh=S-116450265%3A1771808922850823&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fget.google.com%2Fadc-early-access%2Fu%2F0%2Fonboarding&ifkv=ASfE1-qms7IwZjbAdjvxowYFy5Kb9DL9vPDu06W9LMpkaBqy285wVRrX7HSp5xXdFaxXqzHM9tztDA&osid=1&passive=1209600&flowName=WebLiteSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin Archived])</ref>
*Intended for ''"students, hobbyists, and other personal use"''
*Free registration
*Identity verification requirements unclear

====Full distribution====
*No limits on app numbers or installations
*Intended for ''"organizations and professional developers with wide distribution"''
*Requires a one-time $25 fee
*Requires complete identity verification including:
**Government-issued photo ID
**Proof of address
**Private email
**Phone number
**For organizations:
***Website
***D-U-N-S number (can take up to 28 days to obtain)

===Package name registration===
Developers must register package names before apps can be installed. The system creates a cryptographic link between developer identity & app signing keys. Ownership priority is determined by installation statistics - developers whose signing keys account for over 50% of known installs receive registration priority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Updates to Play Console for Android developer verification: A first look |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/updates-to-play-console-for-android-developer-verification.pdf |website=Android Developers |access-date=2025-09-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128020558/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/updates-to-play-console-for-android-developer-verification.pdf |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Resources {{!}} Android developer verification {{!}} Android Developers |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/resources |website=Android Developers |access-date=2025-08-25}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251123194919/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/resources Archived])</ref>

===Affected devices===
The requirements apply to all ''"[https://www.android.com/certified/partners/ Google-certified Android devices]"'' which includes:
*Devices with Google Play Store
*Devices with [[Google Mobile Services]] (GMS)
*Devices with Play Protect
*All mainstream Android devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, OnePlus, and Google Pixel

Custom ROMs without Google services & uncertified devices are not affected by these restrictions.

==Developer response==

===Technical concerns===
Prominent Android developer Mark Murphy (CommonsWare) raised several technical concerns:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification |url=https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html |website=CommonsWare |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251121201157/https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html |archive-date=21 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Debug keystore handling for development workflows remains unaddressed
*Sample code from Android development books would become unusable as "at most one person on the entire planet" could register each package name
*Beta testing workflows using different package names face complications
*Questions whether "it will no longer be possible to test apps under development on Google-certified production hardware" after 2027

===Privacy and safety concerns===
Developers expressed significant privacy concerns:
*Murphy cited the ICEBlock app developer who faced federal prosecution threats after identity disclosure, with his wife being fired from a DOJ job
*EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, criticized risks of centralization in censorship as well as surveillance capability retained by Google<ref>{{Cite web |last=McSherry |first=Corynne |date=2025-11-03 |title=Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111101548/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship |archive-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>
*Google's privacy policy allows sharing developer information with ''"trusted businesses or persons"'' without clear restrictions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |website=It's FOSS |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107074008/https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Open source developers fear harassment and doxxing after forced identity disclosure
*F-Droid mentions that play store verification is proven to be ineffective at combating malware due to repeated instances of malware distributed through play store<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arntz |first=Pieter |date=2025-09-17 |title=224 malicious apps removed from the Google Play Store after ad fraud campaign discovered |url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/224-malicious-apps-removed-from-the-google-play-store-after-ad-fraud-campaign-discovered |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005173848/www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/224-malicious-apps-removed-from-the-google-play-store-after-ad-fraud-campaign-discovered |archive-date=2025-10-05 |website=malwarebytes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Lain |date=2025-08-26 |title=Malware-ridden apps made it into Google's Play Store, scored 19 million downloads |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apps_android_malware/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005173850/www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apps_android_malware/ |archive-date=2025-10-05 |website=The Register}}</ref>

===Open source community impact===
The F-Droid community reacted strongly, with one forum member stating: "F*** Google. Use GrapheneOS to drop Android... I find this development downright alarming".<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ - App Developers {{!}} F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository |url=https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_App_Developers/ |website=F-Droid |access-date=2025-08-29}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260116144646/https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_App_Developers/ Archived])</ref> Specific challenges include:
*F-Droid builds apps from source with its own signing keys, creating coordination requirements with upstream developers to ensure that the applications distributed are reproducible
*Community estimates suggest 85% of F-Droid apps could be "stuck in limbo" due to package ID conflicts
*Some developers announced via [https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn FreeDroidWarn] that their apps "will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time"
*Open source app, Kotatsu, shuts down development citing pressure from Google against sideloading among other threats against its operation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KotatsuApp/Kotatsu: Manga reader for android |url=https://github.com/KotatsuApp/Kotatsu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105185519/github.com/KotatsuApp/Kotatsu |archive-date=5 Nov 2025 |access-date=16 Nov 2025 |website=Github}}</ref>

==Consumer and user response==
Google's Q&A page for the announcement received lots of feedback, including:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Q&A: New Android developer verification requirements |url=https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250829100055/https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854/%F0%9F%92%AC-q-a-new-android-developer-verification-requirements |archive-date=2025-08-29 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Play Console Help}}</ref>

*Users highlighting the hypocrisy of enforcing security on sideloaded apps while Google Play distributes apps classified as scamware, malware, and adware
*Confusion over whether users would need to pay $25 to install apps on their own devices
*Concerns about offline device functionality (barcode scanners, kiosks) requiring internet connections for app signing verification
*Comparisons to Windows, where users noted: "I can install an app onto a Windows computer from any source without verification by Microsoft"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google to restrict Android app sideloading to verified devs |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading |website=The Register |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119211440/https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2026}}</ref>
*Users voiced their opinions through community wiki, [https://keepandroidopen.org/ keepandroidopen.org] criticizing it as an anti-consumer move since a software update irrevocably blocks right to install any software and requires developers to seek permission from Google to develop apps. The users also noted that it harms digital sovereignty of nations as well as raising questions on placing critical infrastructure "at the mercy of distant and unaccountable organization"<ref>{{Cite web |date=Aug 2025 |title=Keep Android Open |url=https://keepandroidopen.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109112509/keepandroidopen.org |archive-date=2025-11-09 |website=Keep Android Open}}</ref>

The Android community produced numerous critical videos,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mental Outlaw |date=2025-08-29 |title=Google is Locking Down Android |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1S0SiBuJN8 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=L1S0SiBuJN8 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BrenTech |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google Will Soon Block Apps from Unverified Developers! Is This The End of Sideloading on Android? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCgnXByGrY |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=-nCgnXByGrY |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=TechLore |date=2025-08-27 |title=Android Is Becoming iOS: The End of Sideloading? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGjwtiI8uM |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=PxGjwtiI8uM |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> with titles like "Google is Locking Down Android" and "Android Is Becoming iOS: The End of Sideloading?"

Google quiere dominar el mundo !

==Industry and organizational response==

===Support===
The Developers Alliance stood as the sole organizational voice supporting the change, with co-founder Jake Ward stating it was "a critical step to ensure trust, accountability, and security across the Android ecosystem".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Developers Alliance Applauds Google's New Android Developer Verification |url=https://news.devalliance.org/developers-alliance-applauds-googles-new-android-developer-verification/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251029120724/https://news.devalliance.org/developers-alliance-applauds-googles-new-android-developer-verification/ |archive-date=2025-10-29 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Developers Alliance}}</ref>

Government support emerged from initial rollout regions:
*Brazil's Federation of Banks called it a "significant advancement in protecting users"
*Indonesia's Ministry of Communications praised the "balanced approach that protects users while keeping Android open"
*Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy described it as a "positive and proactive measure"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Google to Verify All Android Developers in 4 Countries to Block Malicious Apps |url=https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html |website=The Hacker News |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128015131/https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref>

===Criticism===
Technology publications characterized the change as fundamental to Android's nature:
*The Daily Security Review called it "a significant philosophical shift for Android, mirroring Apple's tightly curated ecosystem"
*Cory Doctorow writes that Google is abusing it's duopoly position in mobile ecosystem to lock-in users for monetary profit<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doctorow |first=Cory |date=2025-09-01 |title=Darth Android |url=https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251012004854/pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/ |archive-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>
*Many news outlets warn that the ID requirements could end alternative app stores and affirm play store's position as an effective monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debasish |date=30 Sep 2025 |title=Google’s new developer rules could threaten sideloading and F-Droid’s future |url=https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251102075559/www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/ |archive-date=2 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mous |first=Anton |date=30 Sep 2025 |title=Google’s developer registration ‘decree’ means the end for alternative app stores |url=https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111111050/https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/ |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Afam Onyimadu writes for makeuseof, that the move is an overreach of google's position when programs such as Play Protect already exist, calling it "security theatre"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Onyimadu |first=Afam |date=11 Oct 2025 |title=Android’s sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251012005122/www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/ |archive-date=12 Oct 2025}}</ref>
*It's FOSS warned "this could turn Google into the effective gatekeeper for all apps on 'certified' Android devices"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |website=It's FOSS |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107074008/https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*OSnews criticized it as "the death of our digital freedoms"
*Hackaday noted the timing "coincides with Google's court-mandated opening of Android following Epic Games' antitrust victory"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading |url=https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/ |website=Hackaday |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260203082923/https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/ |archive-date=3 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Impact on specific use cases==

===Enterprise and MDM deployments===
NomidMDM advised IT managers to "audit application inventory today" & make sure all line-of-business app developers complete verification before deadlines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Core Change: Mandatory Verification for All Android Apps |url=https://www.nomidmdm.com/en/blog/the-core-change-mandatory-verification-for-all-android-apps |website=NomidMDM |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209230703/https://www.nomidmdm.com/en/blog/the-core-change-mandatory-verification-for-all-android-apps |archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> Affected deployments include:
*Wall-mounted displays
*Classroom broadcasting systems
*Shared device configurations
*Kiosk applications
*Industrial control systems

===Alternative app stores===
F-Droid faces serious challenges with the repository's build-from-source model conflicting with developer verification requirements. Alternative stores must make sure all hosted apps come from verified developers, effectively extending Google's verification to all distribution channels.

===Educational development===
Educational institutions face challenges as well:
*Student projects require individual verification for testing
*Sample code from textbooks becomes unusable without verification
*Classroom demonstrations need verified developer accounts
*Research projects face additional identity disclosure requirements

==Regulatory context==
The announcement arrives during active regulatory scrutiny of Google's platform practices:

===European Union===
The EU [[Digital Markets Act]] investigation issued preliminary findings against Google on March 19, 2025, for self-preferencing and payment system restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-19 |title=Google Search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/google-search-play-store-falling-foul-of-digital-markets-act-rules-says-eu/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251123150559/https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/google-search-play-store-falling-foul-of-digital-markets-act-rules-says-eu/ |archive-date=23 Nov 2025}}</ref> Legal experts note potential conflicts with DMA provisions requiring gatekeepers to permit third-party software installation without the gatekeeper's identification services.

===United States===
The timing coincides with court-mandated changes following Epic Games' antitrust victory. The FTC outlined remedy concerns in an August 2024 amicus brief after the jury found Google illegally monopolized app distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=FTC Outlines Remedy Concerns in Amicus Brief After Jury Finds Google Illegally Monopolized App Store |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-outlines-remedy-concerns-amicus-brief-after-jury-finds-google-illegally-monopolized-app-store |website=Federal Trade Commission |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116072044/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-outlines-remedy-concerns-amicus-brief-after-jury-finds-google-illegally-monopolized-app-store |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
The UK Competition and Markets Authority continues its Strategic Market Status investigation, with consultation closing on August 20, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SMS investigation into Google's mobile platform |url=https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem |website=GOV.UK |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250725034936/https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem |archive-date=25 Jul 2025}}</ref> No specific response to the verification requirements has been issued.

==See also==
*[[Digital Markets Act]]
*[[Sideloading]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Android]]

Android Developer Verification

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On August 25th, 2025, [[Google]] announced an upcoming application installation restriction on Google-certified [[Android]] devices, requiring '''all''' developers to register and verify their real-life identity through the Developer Verification program and be approved by Google before their apps can be installed on Android devices. This requirement extends to '''''all''''' installation methods including "[[sideloading]]", third-party app repositories like [[F-Droid]], and direct APK installations. Google stated that this change "keeps the ecosystem open".<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Aug 2025 |title=Elevating Android's security to keep it open and safe |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/MHGun |archive-date=2025-11-12 |website=Android Developers}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20250825180832/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification Archived] 2025-08-25.</ref>

This is a giant shift from Android's traditionally open ecosystem and an abandonment of Android's founding principles.<ref>https://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140621023054/http://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html Archive]) Philosophy and Goals | Android Open Source] (2012) ([http://web.archive.org/web/20140621023054/http://source.android.com/about/philosophy.html Archived])</ref> It renders all existing APK files created throughout the years useless, and gives Google the ability to censor apps they dislike, such as those that can create permanent local backups of YouTube videos outside of Google's ecosystem with no [[data lock-in]] (a popular example being TubeMate), and lets them terminate developers out of spite for reasons unrelated to their apps (such as holding political views Google disagrees with), in addition to giving governments the ability to order Google to censor unwanted apps, similar to what already happened with Apple in China.<ref>[https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apple-censoring-its-app-store-china Apple Is Censoring its App Store for China] - Tech Transparency Projects ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251124220615/https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/apple-censoring-its-app-store-china Archived])</ref>

It also prevents new Android applications from being developed offline with no Internet connection or Google account, given that every package name has to be registered in the developer console. This can prevent even verified developers from creating apps in countries where governments intermittently turn off Internet access, block access to Google services, or selectively block individuals from accessing the Internet.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-censorship-intl The future of Iran’s internet connectivity is still bleak, even as weeks-long blackout begins to lift | CNN] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223025239/https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/middleeast/iran-internet-blackout-censorship-intl Archived])</ref>

Individuals who lose access to their Google accounts (for example, as a result of losing an authentication factor) would no longer be able register new applications.<ref>[https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ You Can't Control Your Data in the Cloud] - Karl Voit ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260202071758/https://karl-voit.at/cloud/ Archived])</ref> Unlimited offline distribution can also become a thing of the past. Google can impose arbitrary installation quotas, meaning limit the number of installations, like they are planning to do with [[#Limited_distribution|student accounts]]. In the future, Google can also stop accepting submissions for older Android versions altogether, forcing people to purchase new devices to run software that could technically run on their existing device.

As with any Google service, there exists a possibility that it will shut down entirely, given that Google has a long history of launching and shutting down experimental services.<ref>[https://gcemetery.co/ The Google Cemetery - Dead Google products] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221111719/https://gcemetery.co/ Archived])</ref><ref>[https://killedbygoogle.com/ Google Graveyard - Killed by Google] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221152454/https://killedbygoogle.com/ Archived])</ref> If Google shut down the Android Developer Console, no one could develop new Android application anymore, for any device sold with this verification requirement built in.

==Take action, make our voice heard==
Direct link to the useful resources provided by the [https://techlore.tech Techlore] https://keepandroidopen.org/

===Open Letter to Google===
[https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ The Open Letter] signed by most of the privacy advocates and organizations.

The keep android open website includes the following resources:

*ways to contact national regulators
*open letter and petitions
*f-droid additional sources
*editorial blogs and press reactions
*public discussions

==Background==
Android has historically allowed users to freely install applications from any source through APK files (sometimes called [[sideloading]]). This openness differentiated Android from competitors like iOS. It enabled alternative app repositories, including open-source repositories like [[F-Droid]], & direct developer-to-user distribution, offline installation with no Internet connection and Google account required, installation of applications not available in the Play Store (such as ''Flappy Bird'', after it was taken down by its developer, or ''TubeMate'', which Google does not allow on the Play Store), and installation of earlier versions (such as non-adware versions of ''ES File Explorer'').

The only technical requirements were that applications follow Android's technical guidelines for functionality & be signed with any certificate to maintain a chain of trust during updates.

This openness has been a defining characteristic of Android since its inception, supporting many different use cases from enterprise deployments to privacy-focused distributions. Google has defended this approach in antitrust proceedings, with Google's lawyers arguing in the [[Epic Games]] case that "Android and Google Play provide more choice and openness than any other major mobile platform"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-11 |title=Fortnite maker Epic Games wins its antitrust fight against Google |url=https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/epic-games-google-antitrust-win/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=TechCrunch |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251126195055/https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/11/epic-games-google-antitrust-win/ |archive-date=26 Nov 2025}}</ref> & that the company's app store practices were "part of its fierce competition with Apple".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-12 |title=Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/epic-google-trial-verdict/ |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=The Washington Post |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250723224500/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/11/epic-google-trial-verdict/ |archive-date=23 Jul 2025}}</ref>

==Announcement and rationale==
Google announced the Developer Verification requirements on August 25th, 2025, through the Android Developers Blog.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Android Developers Blog: A new layer of security for certified Android devices |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825180832/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-android-security.html |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25}}</ref> According to Suzanne Frey, VP of Product, Trust & Growth for Android, the system is designed to combat malicious actors who "''hide behind anonymity to harm users by impersonating developers and using their brand image to create convincing fake apps."''

Google cited security statistics showing ''"over 50 times more malware from internet-sideloaded sources than on apps available through Google Play".''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Google will require developer verification to install Android apps, including sideloading |url=https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/ |website=9to5Google |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119211442/https://9to5google.com/2025/08/25/android-apps-developer-verification/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2026}}</ref> The company framed the verification as ''"an ID check at the airport, which confirms a traveler's identity but is separate from the security screening of their bags".''

===Implementation timeline===
The implementation will be conducted in global rollout phases:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Android developer verification {{!}} Android Developers |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250825204008/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/android-developer-console |archive-date=2025-08-25 |access-date=2025-08-25}}</ref>

*'''October 2025''': Early access opens for invited developers
*'''March 2026''': Open to all developers
*'''September 2026''': Enforcement begins in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand
*'''2027 and beyond''': Global rollout continues

Key implementation details:
*No grandfather clauses for existing apps or developers
*[[wikipedia:Google_Play|Play Store]] developers likely already meet requirements through 2023's D-U-N-S implementation
*Organizations requiring D-U-N-S numbers should begin the process 28 days before deadlines
*Developers can initiate verification 60 days before enforcement
*90-day deadline extensions available for developers needing additional time
*After deadlines, users encounter system-level blocks with no override option when attempting to install unverified apps

===Updates===
Google announced that it is developing an 'advanced flow' for 'experienced users' to be able to install apps from unverified developers and described the process as 'maximally obscure and high-friction'.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forsythe |first=Matthew |date=12 Nov 2025 |title=Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260221030624/https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-developer-verification-early.html Archived])</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Schoon |first=Ben |date=19 Jan 2026 |title=Google calls Android’s new sideloading flow ‘high friction’ |url=https://9to5google.com/2026/01/19/google-calls-androids-new-sideloading-flow-high-friction/}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260120014243/https://9to5google.com/2026/01/19/google-calls-androids-new-sideloading-flow-high-friction/ Archived])</ref> Free and open software distributor, F-Droid, clarified in a blog post that the android developer program remains to a credible threat to open source ecosystem on android and added a banner on the website as well as app linking to https://keepandroidopen.org/, for informing the dangers and recommending users to voice their concerns to relevant authority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 Feb 2026 |title=Keep Android Open - TWIF curated on Friday, 20 Feb 2026, Week 8 - f-droid.org |url=https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/20/twif.html}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223025319/https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/20/twif.html Archived])</ref>

In February 24 2026, the KeepAndroidOpen movement published an open letter to google signed by various free and open source software organizations, digital rights groups and developer communities accessible under https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Feb 2026 |title=An Open Letter to Google regarding Mandatory Developer Registration for Android App Distribution |url=https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224172459/https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/ |archive-date=24 Feb 2026}}</ref> The letter criticizes the need for google to gatekeep software beyond its own distribution platform, centralization of power having implications to privacy, censorship and surveillance especially with Google's historically opaque decision-making and review approach, imposition of barriers to entry for developers in various scenarios, anti-competitive implications and regulatory concerns. F-Droid was among the various organizations to sign the letter that in a blog post also stands opposed to signing up for developer verification that will begin the process in March 2026, recommending to developers to oppose the move by refusing to sign up as well.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Feb 2026 |title=An Open Letter Opposing Android Developer Verification |url=https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224172628/https://f-droid.org/en/2026/02/24/open-letter-opposing-developer-verification.html |archive-date=24 Feb 2026}}</ref>

On 4 March 2026, as part of changes following Google vs. Epic store Lawsuit, Google announced that it is allowing registered app stores to be published on google play platform if they "meet certain quality and safety benchmarks", which would otherwise be subject to same restrictions as those for other 'sideloaded' app.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Samat |first=Sameer |date=4 Mar 2026 |title=A new era for choice and openness |url=https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305062940/android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/a-new-era-for-choice-and-openness.html |archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref> Notably as part of the settlement, Epic games signed away its rights to sue Google over anything related as covered in the term sheet, until September 2032.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=5 Mar 2026 |title=Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google’s app store until 2032 |url=https://www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260305000517/www.theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032 |archive-date=5 Mar 2026}}</ref>

==Technical implementation==

===Distribution types===
The Developer Verification system creates two tiers of developer accounts:<ref name=":0" />

====Limited distribution====
*Allows for distribution on up to 20 devices<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Android Developer Console: Account creation form |url=https://get.google.com/adc-early-access/u/0/onboarding |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=Android Developer Console}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223010845/https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fget.google.com%2Fadc-early-access%2Fu%2F0%2Fonboarding&dsh=S-116450265%3A1771808922850823&followup=https%3A%2F%2Fget.google.com%2Fadc-early-access%2Fu%2F0%2Fonboarding&ifkv=ASfE1-qms7IwZjbAdjvxowYFy5Kb9DL9vPDu06W9LMpkaBqy285wVRrX7HSp5xXdFaxXqzHM9tztDA&osid=1&passive=1209600&flowName=WebLiteSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin Archived])</ref>
*Intended for ''"students, hobbyists, and other personal use"''
*Free registration
*Identity verification requirements unclear

====Full distribution====
*No limits on app numbers or installations
*Intended for ''"organizations and professional developers with wide distribution"''
*Requires a one-time $25 fee
*Requires complete identity verification including:
**Government-issued photo ID
**Proof of address
**Private email
**Phone number
**For organizations:
***Website
***D-U-N-S number (can take up to 28 days to obtain)

===Package name registration===
Developers must register package names before apps can be installed. The system creates a cryptographic link between developer identity & app signing keys. Ownership priority is determined by installation statistics - developers whose signing keys account for over 50% of known installs receive registration priority.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Updates to Play Console for Android developer verification: A first look |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/updates-to-play-console-for-android-developer-verification.pdf |website=Android Developers |access-date=2025-09-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128020558/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/assets/pdfs/updates-to-play-console-for-android-developer-verification.pdf |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Resources {{!}} Android developer verification {{!}} Android Developers |url=https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/resources |website=Android Developers |access-date=2025-08-25}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251123194919/https://developer.android.com/developer-verification/guides/resources Archived])</ref>

===Affected devices===
The requirements apply to all ''"[https://www.android.com/certified/partners/ Google-certified Android devices]"'' which includes:
*Devices with Google Play Store
*Devices with [[Google Mobile Services]] (GMS)
*Devices with Play Protect
*All mainstream Android devices from manufacturers including Samsung, Xiaomi, Motorola, OnePlus, and Google Pixel

Custom ROMs without Google services & uncertified devices are not affected by these restrictions.

==Developer response==

===Technical concerns===
Prominent Android developer Mark Murphy (CommonsWare) raised several technical concerns:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification |url=https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html |website=CommonsWare |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251121201157/https://commonsware.com/blog/2025/08/26/uncomfortable-questions-android-developer-verification.html |archive-date=21 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Debug keystore handling for development workflows remains unaddressed
*Sample code from Android development books would become unusable as "at most one person on the entire planet" could register each package name
*Beta testing workflows using different package names face complications
*Questions whether "it will no longer be possible to test apps under development on Google-certified production hardware" after 2027

===Privacy and safety concerns===
Developers expressed significant privacy concerns:
*Murphy cited the ICEBlock app developer who faced federal prosecution threats after identity disclosure, with his wife being fired from a DOJ job
*EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, criticized risks of centralization in censorship as well as surveillance capability retained by Google<ref>{{Cite web |last=McSherry |first=Corynne |date=2025-11-03 |title=Application Gatekeeping: An Ever-Expanding Pathway to Internet Censorship |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111101548/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/application-gatekeeping-ever-expanding-pathway-internet-censorship |archive-date=2025-11-11}}</ref>
*Google's privacy policy allows sharing developer information with ''"trusted businesses or persons"'' without clear restrictions<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |website=It's FOSS |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107074008/https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Open source developers fear harassment and doxxing after forced identity disclosure
*F-Droid mentions that play store verification is proven to be ineffective at combating malware due to repeated instances of malware distributed through play store<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arntz |first=Pieter |date=2025-09-17 |title=224 malicious apps removed from the Google Play Store after ad fraud campaign discovered |url=https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/224-malicious-apps-removed-from-the-google-play-store-after-ad-fraud-campaign-discovered |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005173848/www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/09/224-malicious-apps-removed-from-the-google-play-store-after-ad-fraud-campaign-discovered |archive-date=2025-10-05 |website=malwarebytes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Lain |date=2025-08-26 |title=Malware-ridden apps made it into Google's Play Store, scored 19 million downloads |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apps_android_malware/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005173850/www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/apps_android_malware/ |archive-date=2025-10-05 |website=The Register}}</ref>

===Open source community impact===
The F-Droid community reacted strongly, with one forum member stating: "F*** Google. Use GrapheneOS to drop Android... I find this development downright alarming".<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ - App Developers {{!}} F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository |url=https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_App_Developers/ |website=F-Droid |access-date=2025-08-29}} ([http://web.archive.org/web/20260116144646/https://f-droid.org/en/docs/FAQ_-_App_Developers/ Archived])</ref> Specific challenges include:
*F-Droid builds apps from source with its own signing keys, creating coordination requirements with upstream developers to ensure that the applications distributed are reproducible
*Community estimates suggest 85% of F-Droid apps could be "stuck in limbo" due to package ID conflicts
*Some developers announced via [https://github.com/woheller69/FreeDroidWarn FreeDroidWarn] that their apps "will no longer work on certified Android devices after that time"
*Open source app, Kotatsu, shuts down development citing pressure from Google against sideloading among other threats against its operation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KotatsuApp/Kotatsu: Manga reader for android |url=https://github.com/KotatsuApp/Kotatsu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105185519/github.com/KotatsuApp/Kotatsu |archive-date=5 Nov 2025 |access-date=16 Nov 2025 |website=Github}}</ref>

==Consumer and user response==
Google's Q&A page for the announcement received lots of feedback, including:<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Q&A: New Android developer verification requirements |url=https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250829100055/https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/thread/361325854/%F0%9F%92%AC-q-a-new-android-developer-verification-requirements |archive-date=2025-08-29 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=Play Console Help}}</ref>

*Users highlighting the hypocrisy of enforcing security on sideloaded apps while Google Play distributes apps classified as scamware, malware, and adware
*Confusion over whether users would need to pay $25 to install apps on their own devices
*Concerns about offline device functionality (barcode scanners, kiosks) requiring internet connections for app signing verification
*Comparisons to Windows, where users noted: "I can install an app onto a Windows computer from any source without verification by Microsoft"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google to restrict Android app sideloading to verified devs |url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading |website=The Register |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119211440/https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/android_developer_verification_sideloading/ |archive-date=19 Jan 2026}}</ref>
*Users voiced their opinions through community wiki, [https://keepandroidopen.org/ keepandroidopen.org] criticizing it as an anti-consumer move since a software update irrevocably blocks right to install any software and requires developers to seek permission from Google to develop apps. The users also noted that it harms digital sovereignty of nations as well as raising questions on placing critical infrastructure "at the mercy of distant and unaccountable organization"<ref>{{Cite web |date=Aug 2025 |title=Keep Android Open |url=https://keepandroidopen.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251109112509/keepandroidopen.org |archive-date=2025-11-09 |website=Keep Android Open}}</ref>

The Android community produced numerous critical videos,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mental Outlaw |date=2025-08-29 |title=Google is Locking Down Android |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1S0SiBuJN8 |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=L1S0SiBuJN8 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=BrenTech |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google Will Soon Block Apps from Unverified Developers! Is This The End of Sideloading on Android? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nCgnXByGrY |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=-nCgnXByGrY |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=TechLore |date=2025-08-27 |title=Android Is Becoming iOS: The End of Sideloading? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxGjwtiI8uM |access-date=2025-08-29 |website=YouTube |url-status=live |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=PxGjwtiI8uM |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</ref> with titles like "Google is Locking Down Android" and "Android Is Becoming iOS: The End of Sideloading?"

Google quiere dominar el mundo !

==Industry and organizational response==

===Support===
The Developers Alliance stood as the sole organizational voice supporting the change, with co-founder Jake Ward stating it was "a critical step to ensure trust, accountability, and security across the Android ecosystem".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Developers Alliance Applauds Google's New Android Developer Verification |url=https://news.devalliance.org/developers-alliance-applauds-googles-new-android-developer-verification/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251029120724/https://news.devalliance.org/developers-alliance-applauds-googles-new-android-developer-verification/ |archive-date=2025-10-29 |access-date=2025-10-29 |website=Developers Alliance}}</ref>

Government support emerged from initial rollout regions:
*Brazil's Federation of Banks called it a "significant advancement in protecting users"
*Indonesia's Ministry of Communications praised the "balanced approach that protects users while keeping Android open"
*Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy described it as a "positive and proactive measure"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=Google to Verify All Android Developers in 4 Countries to Block Malicious Apps |url=https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html |website=The Hacker News |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260128015131/https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/google-to-verify-all-android-developers.html |archive-date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref>

===Criticism===
Technology publications characterized the change as fundamental to Android's nature:
*The Daily Security Review called it "a significant philosophical shift for Android, mirroring Apple's tightly curated ecosystem"
*Cory Doctorow writes that Google is abusing it's duopoly position in mobile ecosystem to lock-in users for monetary profit<ref>{{Cite web |last=Doctorow |first=Cory |date=2025-09-01 |title=Darth Android |url=https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251012004854/pluralistic.net/2025/09/01/fulu/ |archive-date=2025-10-12}}</ref>
*Many news outlets warn that the ID requirements could end alternative app stores and affirm play store's position as an effective monopoly<ref>{{Cite web |last=Debasish |date=30 Sep 2025 |title=Google’s new developer rules could threaten sideloading and F-Droid’s future |url=https://www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251102075559/www.gizmochina.com/2025/09/30/googles-new-developer-rules-could-threaten-sideloading-and-f-droids-future/ |archive-date=2 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mous |first=Anton |date=30 Sep 2025 |title=Google’s developer registration ‘decree’ means the end for alternative app stores |url=https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251111111050/https://cybernews.com/tech/googles-developer-registration-decree-end-alternative-app-stores/ |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Afam Onyimadu writes for makeuseof, that the move is an overreach of google's position when programs such as Play Protect already exist, calling it "security theatre"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Onyimadu |first=Afam |date=11 Oct 2025 |title=Android’s sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move yet |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251012005122/www.makeuseof.com/androids-sideloading-limits-are-anti-consumer-move-yet/ |archive-date=12 Oct 2025}}</ref>
*It's FOSS warned "this could turn Google into the effective gatekeeper for all apps on 'certified' Android devices"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-29 |title=Android Security or Vendor Lock-In? Google's New Sideloading Rules Smell Fishy |url=https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |website=It's FOSS |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251107074008/https://news.itsfoss.com/new-android-sideloading-rules/ |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*OSnews criticized it as "the death of our digital freedoms"
*Hackaday noted the timing "coincides with Google's court-mandated opening of Android following Epic Games' antitrust victory"<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-26 |title=Google Will Require Developer Verification Even For Sideloading |url=https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/ |website=Hackaday |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260203082923/https://hackaday.com/2025/08/26/google-will-require-developer-verification-even-for-sideloading/ |archive-date=3 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Impact on specific use cases==

===Enterprise and MDM deployments===
NomidMDM advised IT managers to "audit application inventory today" & make sure all line-of-business app developers complete verification before deadlines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Core Change: Mandatory Verification for All Android Apps |url=https://www.nomidmdm.com/en/blog/the-core-change-mandatory-verification-for-all-android-apps |website=NomidMDM |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251209230703/https://www.nomidmdm.com/en/blog/the-core-change-mandatory-verification-for-all-android-apps |archive-date=9 Dec 2025}}</ref> Affected deployments include:
*Wall-mounted displays
*Classroom broadcasting systems
*Shared device configurations
*Kiosk applications
*Industrial control systems

===Alternative app stores===
F-Droid faces serious challenges with the repository's build-from-source model conflicting with developer verification requirements. Alternative stores must make sure all hosted apps come from verified developers, effectively extending Google's verification to all distribution channels.

===Educational development===
Educational institutions face challenges as well:
*Student projects require individual verification for testing
*Sample code from textbooks becomes unusable without verification
*Classroom demonstrations need verified developer accounts
*Research projects face additional identity disclosure requirements

==Regulatory context==
The announcement arrives during active regulatory scrutiny of Google's platform practices:

===European Union===
The EU [[Digital Markets Act]] investigation issued preliminary findings against Google on March 19, 2025, for self-preferencing and payment system restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-19 |title=Google Search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/google-search-play-store-falling-foul-of-digital-markets-act-rules-says-eu/ |website=TechCrunch |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251123150559/https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/google-search-play-store-falling-foul-of-digital-markets-act-rules-says-eu/ |archive-date=23 Nov 2025}}</ref> Legal experts note potential conflicts with DMA provisions requiring gatekeepers to permit third-party software installation without the gatekeeper's identification services.

===United States===
The timing coincides with court-mandated changes following Epic Games' antitrust victory. The FTC outlined remedy concerns in an August 2024 amicus brief after the jury found Google illegally monopolized app distribution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-29 |title=FTC Outlines Remedy Concerns in Amicus Brief After Jury Finds Google Illegally Monopolized App Store |url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-outlines-remedy-concerns-amicus-brief-after-jury-finds-google-illegally-monopolized-app-store |website=Federal Trade Commission |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260116072044/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/08/ftc-outlines-remedy-concerns-amicus-brief-after-jury-finds-google-illegally-monopolized-app-store |archive-date=16 Jan 2026}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
The UK Competition and Markets Authority continues its Strategic Market Status investigation, with consultation closing on August 20, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SMS investigation into Google's mobile platform |url=https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem |website=GOV.UK |access-date=2025-08-29 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250725034936/https://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/sms-investigation-into-googles-mobile-ecosystem |archive-date=25 Jul 2025}}</ref> No specific response to the verification requirements has been issued.

==See also==
*[[Digital Markets Act]]
*[[Sideloading]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Android]]

ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect

2026-03-09T23:40:20Z

Marc84: /* Incidents */ Show original link, not just archived link.

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|Company=Asus
|ProductLine=ROG Zephyrus, Vivobook, Zenbook, TUF Gaming
|ReleaseYear=2020
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|Category=Laptop
|Description=Asus laptops (2020-24) feature a sliding metal battery clip that causes motherboard shorts during service. 2025 models include a silent tape fix.
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'''ASUS''' laptops manufactured between 2020 and 2024, including the Zephyrus G14 and Strix G16 series, feature a hazardous battery connector design where a non-insulated metal sliding clip can easily pop off its rails during service.

==Consumer impact summary==
Between 2020 and 2024, ASUS implemented a proprietary battery connector design across its primary laptop lines that utilizes a conductive metal sliding bracket. This component is a critical maintenance hazard because the act of disconnecting the battery, which is a mandatory safety requirement for internal service, frequently results in a catastrophic motherboard short circuit.<ref name="G14_Do_Not_Disconnect">1. Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/s/T3uiYxLCax "DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY (2020 G14/G15)."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223023014/https://old.reddit.com/login/?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FZephyrusG14%2Fsubmit%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252FT3uiYxLCax Archived]) r/ZephyrusG14. Documentation of motherboard failure occurring during standard battery removal procedures.</ref>

Despite the systemic nature of this failure, ASUS routinely denies warranty claims for affected devices, classifying the damage as "Customer Induced Damage" (CID).<ref name="ASUS_CID">2. ASUS Official Support. [https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044955/ "Customer Induced Damage (CID) Criteria (FAQ 1044955)."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251201223103/https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044955/ Archived]) The manufacturer's official policy used to deny warranty claims based on internal electrical shorts and "improper maintenance."</ref> This practice effectively forces consumers to pay for motherboard replacements caused by a design flaw. Starting in late 2024, ASUS began applying "silent" insulation fixes to newer models without offering a remedy or acknowledgment for existing owners.

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents related to this product.
===Motherboard Short Circuits via "The Maintenance Trap" (2020 to Present)===
{{Main|Asus}}
The "Maintenance Trap" occurs when a consumer follows the manufacturer’s official service manual, which mandates disconnecting the battery before performing upgrades. The uninsulated metal clip is designed without a physical travel stop.<ref name="Vivobook_Design">3. Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1r46k7n/asus_vivobook_battery_disconnect_shorts_the/ "Asus Vivobook battery disconnect shorts the motherboard by design."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223024411/https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1r46k7n/asus_vivobook_battery_disconnect_shorts_the/ Archived]) r/techsupportgore. Technical breakdown of the conductive path and the lack of physical stops on the metal bracket.</ref> Sliding it just 1mm too far or "pushing it out" entirely off its rails allows the metal to bridge the 19V power rail to nearby motherboard components.<ref name="G14_Short_Case">4. Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/10x712m/metal_battery_clip_in_asus_rog_g14_2022_cause/ "Metal Battery Clip in Asus ROG G14 2022 Cause Catastrophic Short."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230208191728/https://old.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/10x712m/metal_battery_clip_in_asus_rog_g14_2022_cause/ Archived]) r/ZephyrusG14. Incident report of a motherboard failure caused specifically by the clip popping off its rails during a RAM upgrade.</ref> This results in blown charging ICs or burnt PCB traces.<ref name="HardwareGore_Asus">5. Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwaregore/comments/161uliy/thanks_asus_for_putting_a_metal_lock_on_the/ "Thanks ASUS for putting a metal lock on the battery."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230913075614/https://old.reddit.com/r/hardwaregore/comments/161uliy/thanks_asus_for_putting_a_metal_lock_on_the/ Archived]) r/hardwaregore. Visual documentation of the specific motherboard components (KBC/PMIC) destroyed by the clip's over-travel.</ref> Because the damage occurs during a user-initiated upgrade, ASUS utilizes its "improper maintenance" warranty exclusion to deny redress.<ref name="ROG_Forum_Throttling">6. ROG Community Forum. [https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-notebooks/loss-of-cpu-performance-after-short-circuit-in-the-battery/td-p/1000012 "Loss of CPU performance after short circuit in the battery connector."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250815103107/https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-notebooks/loss-of-cpu-performance-after-short-circuit-in-the-battery/td-p/1000012 Archived]) User report documenting permanent hardware throttling and damage following a connector-related short circuit.</ref>

==See also==
*[[Right to repair]]
*[[Planned obsolescence]]

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="G14_Do_Not_Disconnect">Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/s/T3uiYxLCax "DO NOT DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY (2020 G14/G15)."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223023014/https://old.reddit.com/login/?dest=https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2FZephyrusG14%2Fsubmit%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252FT3uiYxLCax Archived]) r/ZephyrusG14. Documentation of motherboard failure during routine battery removal.</ref>
<ref name="ASUS_CID">ASUS Support. [https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044955/ "Customer Induced Damage (CID) Criteria."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251201223103/https://www.asus.com/support/faq/1044955/ Archived]) Official FAQ 1044955.</ref>
<ref name="Vivobook_Design">Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1r46k7n/asus_vivobook_battery_disconnect_shorts_the/ "Asus Vivobook battery disconnect shorts the motherboard by design."] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223024411/https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupportgore/comments/1r46k7n/asus_vivobook_battery_disconnect_shorts_the/ Archived]) r/techsupportgore.</ref>
<ref name="G14_Short_Case">Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/10x712m/metal_battery_clip_in_asus_rog_g14_2022_cause/ "Metal Battery Clip in Asus ROG G14 2022 Cause Catastrophic Short."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230208191728/https://old.reddit.com/r/ZephyrusG14/comments/10x712m/metal_battery_clip_in_asus_rog_g14_2022_cause/ Archived]) r/ZephyrusG14.</ref>
<ref name="HardwareGore_Asus">Reddit. [https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwaregore/comments/161uliy/thanks_asus_for_putting_a_metal_lock_on_the/ "Thanks ASUS for putting a metal lock on the battery."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20230913075614/https://old.reddit.com/r/hardwaregore/comments/161uliy/thanks_asus_for_putting_a_metal_lock_on_the/ Archived]) r/hardwaregore.</ref>
<ref name="ROG_Forum_Throttling">ROG Forum. [https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-notebooks/loss-of-cpu-performance-after-short-circuit-in-the-battery/td-p/1000012 "Loss of CPU performance after short circuit in the battery connector."] ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250815103107/https://rog-forum.asus.com/t5/gaming-notebooks/loss-of-cpu-performance-after-short-circuit-in-the-battery/td-p/1000012 Archived]) Official community documentation of performance throttling post-short.</ref>
}}

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==Open tasks==

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*[[Special:NewPages]]

==stub notice bug==

I tried submitting my deletion req for [[FakePortal]] but get hit with "Stub notices can NOT be removed by users with normal privileges". Tried removing the unused infoboxes in [[WhatsApp]], [[GoGuardian]], [[Asus]] and [[Roblox]], and the same dice. w h y? [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:31, 12 January 2026 (UTC)

:I'll check this out now [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:19, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
::This seems to be a regular issue with the abuse filter [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki_talk:Bugs#How_do_you_edit_beginning_of_an_article_with_StubNotice?|which absolutely has been talked about before]]. It's very annoying and in my opinion we need some sort of edit request system or a new group given to users to bypass the filter, but for now I'll just check the abuse log and apply the edit manually myself. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:28, 13 January 2026 (UTC)
:The issue is when edits are made in-line with a stub notice, as (iirc) the filter checks for edits to the same line as the change [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
::the notice* [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)
:::hey can this please be fixed? it's really damn annoying. removal of redundant infoboxes on [[Deep Cycle Systems]] and [[Allstate]] are triggering it [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 14:39, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
::::I can remove these now. It would be cool if a usergroup would dodge the filter. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:01, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::yeah, I wonder if we should create a 'superconfirmed' group or something, which doesn't have the banning powers of a mod but can edit article notices. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:19, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
::I had the same issue. Just noticed this section. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 19:45, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
:::@[[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] {{Done}} your edit! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:38, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Thank you. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 20:45, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

==Idea for a new section==

An "Important" / "Must-Reads" / "Starter Pack" / "Essential Reading" section showing the most important articles to view for someone new to the Consumer Rights scene, or just someone unknowing.

Furthermore, the ability to rate an article. Perhaps as a way to show which matters are trending, because of many people having said problem with said device/service. Could be a "Saved me!", "Worked", "Didn't work", where "Saved me!" can only be used maybe once a day, to show which issues a not just trending, but very crucial. These ratings could help place relevant articles at the top of a second section within "Important"/Whatever.

These two sections would give users a place to scroll and skim through, to see if there are any matters relevant for them, like a random product they own, that they didn't know had a Consumer Rights issue.

Additionally; the ability to give pledges to article writers/editors. I'm not fully sure how it would work at the moment, but it would give people a way to support editors that produce important relevant articles. Perhaps the site could take a small cut, which both contributes to funding the server costs or the "legal fund" that Rossman mentioned, but also gives people a bigger incentive to pledge to editors, knowing that some of it goes to supporting the website and its users. [[User:Sebandar|Sebandar]] ([[User talk:Sebandar|talk]]) 19:57, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

:I would appreciate a pane with "must-reads" on the main page that highlights the articles with the widest spread effects and only includes well-written articles. Putting some articles in the same industry, like articles on Apple and Google's app store restrictions, would be especially effective, because it's nearly guaranteed that one of these applies to the reader. If you want to make a draft of this somewhere I would be down to help work on it.
:I like the article rating idea. I don't know how difficult it would be to add interactive content like this to the wiki, but it sounds like a good way to receive feedback. The only official way to receive feedback currently is on the talk pages but those are all pretty dead. Some prioritization on pageviews or feedback would be nice.
:On pledges, Wikipedia actually has something like this, it has a [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Reward_board|reward board]] where users are offered barnstars or real money to improve articles, but it's not used very much. Most users seem to be offering up prizes only for the fun of doing so, not because it's particularly effective. If the content is relevant and/or interesting, someone probably is already working on it. I don't personally think this site needs an economy but if it were to be implemented, I think we should plug donations to FULU or other affiliated foundations on the main page and then have those foundations offer microgrants for editors. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:02, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
::I'd probably agree with you that this isn't needed - creating an economy/bounty system is probably overkill, and unnecessarily complex at this stage. I think article ratings etc. are probably something best handled through the [[Projects:Hub|projects]] system, similar to how Wikipedia uses it for things like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Molecular_Biology/Molecular_and_Cell_Biology . creating a project like that for each article type could be a pretty decent way of going about it? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 12:57, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Form pages==

I made a change to [[Form:Company]] following Discord suggestion #181. I was going to add this to [[Form:Product]] and [[Form:ProductLine]] but these pages are protected.

So, I am requesting an edit to those two pages to replace "(supported file types = PNG|JPG)" with "(supported file types = JPG, PNG, SVG)" to represent the fact that SVGs are allowed, and also to admin-protect [[Form:Company]] since that's an important page. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:13, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

==“Summaries” of articles==

I'd like to propose an idea that I think would help people read articles in a rush. Add a box at the top of all long pages (e.g. [[YouTube]], or all that aren't stubs or marked as incomplete) that summarises the article (the incidents the company has been involved in, what it does, etc) in a couple of sentences. Let me know what you think. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:17, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:What makes this different from a lead paragraph? Would you replace the lead paragraph entirely with this template or would it be a complementary resource with links to related company/product/theme articles? You could link to categories/other articles there. I think categories on wikis in general are overlooked by most readers and putting them at the top sounds interesting. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:07, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

==InfoboxCompany to CargoCompany cleanup part 2==

The companies have all been moved over now, the only [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=Template%3AInfoboxCompany&namespace=&limit=50 places that InfoboxCompany exist in] are in some documentation out of main namespace and on these pages where they were placed on the same line as a notice:
[[AirAsia]], [[Deep Cycle Systems]], [[Allstate]], [[Happiest Baby]], [[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]], [[DAZN]], [[Federal Communications Commission]], [[Anova Culinary]], [[Sig Sauer]], [[RepairShopr]]

Converting InfoboxProductLine and finding more pages without infoboxes or cargo... sometime. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 15:44, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:Still need these removed if anyone has 5 minutes:
:[[AirAsia]], [[Allstate]], [[Happiest Baby]], [[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]], [[DAZN]], [[Federal Communications Commission]] [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 19:51, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
::{{Done}}. Sorry for taking so long. It'd be nice if there was a usergroup that could dodge all the edit filters. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:07, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

==Color scheme==

The main Sitenotice text is nearly the same color as the link inside of it, making it hard to distinguish where the link is if you haven't clicked the link yet. A larger contrast would be nice, since the notice is going to be up for another 25 days or so. https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Sitenotice&action=edit

This also applies to most of the main page, blue/muddy purple on blue doesn't look the best, but that's a larger undertaking. If the main page is up for redesign it would be nice to take the color contrast into consideration. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 16:15, 25 January 2026 (UTC)

:I've simply made it black and white, although I don't think it is entirely fixed it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:39, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::Please can nobody amend the theme or any elements currently, I am restyling the website. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 17:41, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Oh, sorry. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:57, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Looks great, and has nice contrast! [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 18:56, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Thank you! Still somewhat of a work in progress, but definitely a significant improvement over the previous version. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 18:59, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, I like it too! As an idea, make the borders rounded like the original one. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:52, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
::::::No worries, all done! [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 19:09, 27 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::::Wow, this looks amazing now. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:30, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

==Template troubles==

So, a lot of the articles with [[Template:Incomplete]] and cargo templates that display a box (any but IncidentCargo) have big foreheads right now (see a list of articles with Incomplete [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Incomplete&limit=100 here]). I did some testing, the Incomplete template itself doesn't have a trailing newline, and none of the cargos have a preceding newline. A <nowiki><p><br></nowiki><nowiki></p></nowiki> is being added by the parser when the two are put together, and only when they are not on the same line. I've also seen this in the wild with [[Template:SloppyAI]] and with [[Template:Welcome]] on new user talk pages. Welcome should be a simple edit fix since it's not combined with other templates, but it seems that anytime templates are combined, they must be put on the same line or they will introduce an unintended newline. You can see an instance of Incomplete and SloppyAI together causing problems on [[Samsung TVs]].

Many Wikipedia pages have several templates next to each other without this problem, for example see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2025%E2%80%932026_Iranian_protests&oldid=1334922628 2025-2026 Iranian protests]. So the problem is solvable in MediaWiki, but I don't know how much work is required to do so. According to [[:Category:Todo]], over 700 articles have these banners, which is the majority of the wiki.

If other people think it's important too, I can work on this, but I don't know how to compare this wiki's configuration against stuff in the MediaWiki documentation. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:35, 26 January 2026 (UTC)

:Oh yeah, some junk from my experimenting that we should delete once the problem is resolved: [[User:Bythmusters/templatetesting]], [[Qwerty]] [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 13:37, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::Do you mean the top has more height than the rest of the box? I'm not entirely sure what you are talking about. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:42, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Also, the Wiki's main config can be seen at [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Common.js]], where all the css and js that you see the moment you load a page is at. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:34, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
:::So, let's compare these two versions:
:::https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=User:Bythmusters/templatetesting&oldid=35089
:::https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=User:Bythmusters/templatetesting&oldid=35091
:::There is an additional newline between the bottom of the template and the beginning of the article text. The only difference in the source text is:
:::<nowiki>"{\{Incomplete}}{\{ProductLineCargo"</nowiki>
:::vs:
:::<nowiki>"{\{Incomplete}}</nowiki>
:::{\{ProductLineCargo"
:::In the second one, there's a newline to separate the templates, as it's more natural to read in the source editor this way. Wikipedia articles do not render this newline, but CRW does. That is my issue, it takes up a lot of space on the screen.
:::Thanks for the links, I read through the Common.css and Common.js of this wiki and Wikipedia but I didn't see anything relevant. I think it's in the parser, where the mediawiki text gets converted into html but I don't know enough about this stuff to be sure. [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 18:53, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Ah, okay. Reread your previous post and now feel like an idiot for not understanding. I don't know how to fix that if it's the parser. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:33, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::Yeah idk it's probably not worth the trouble to fix. I like learning about mediawiki but not that much [[User:Bythmusters|Bythmusters]] ([[User talk:Bythmusters|talk]]) 15:55, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

==Feedback on changes to sidebar appearance and arrangement==

*I suggest renaming the "Tools" section for the web browser addon to something else to differentiate it from the wiki tools. I also recommend moving it to the way bottom, at least until it's ready for prime time, since it makes wiki editors have to scroll further to reach the wiki tools than previously.

*An option to hide the mini-list of recent changes and restore the single line "Recent Changes" for the original minimalist design.
**<strike>As an addendum: The font size of said mini-list is not consistent with the font size used both throughout the sidebar and the wiki itself, making it stand out like a sore thumb.</strike>

*An option to hide the community section for those of us that refuse to ever use [[Discord]]. I'd rather have a native choice available instead of resorting to a browser addon to remove it.

''(Note: Feedback is based on using Firefox v147.0.2 and the wiki skin "Vector legacy (2010)".)'' — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 21:32, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

:I’ve mentioned already that Vector legacy (2010) hasn’t been worked on yet, as most users are on Vector 2022 where these changes have been applied. The examples you listed aren’t present on the current default skin. I’d appreciate your patience while I get round to updating the legacy variant. In the meantime, I’ve resolved the issue where discussion tabs and similar tabs were hidden. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 22:51, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

::Respectfully, I find your response confusing. What I bring up here is a separate matter from [[Consumer_Rights_Wiki_talk:Bugs#Page_tabs_hidden|my bug report]], and I posted ''only'' after first waiting a couple days and checked the default skin before-hand. I've struck out the one line since apparently it wasn't intentional like I had thought (and it had affected both legacy and default skins for the record), but otherwise my general feedback is unchanged.

::I appreciate the work you do on the wiki and thank you for fixing the bugged page tabs. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 02:22, 11 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I understand that the feedback here is separate from the bug report, though I’m also a little confused: the default skin does not show the duplicated Tools section that the legacy version does, so I’m not sure how it would be confused with the wiki tools. It’s also already at the very bottom on the default skin. As for the other suggestions about hiding certain areas, I can look into those, but it won’t be a short-term fix. I appreciate the feedback and the kind words! [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 19:14, 11 February 2026 (UTC)

==What should this image be licensed under?==

This [[:Category:Suspected copyright violations|image I archived]] for Age Verification, I selected as "without permission" since I didn't see they licensed it under CC BY 4.0 at the time - yet the site rejected both IA and archive.today, which felt like they held the copyright. How should the content be tagged? (I

On another note, if you go to the [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217303357 site of the reference] and click "View PDF", after solving a Cloudflare "are you human" it grants access to the full pdf which has "© 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)." as the footer of the first page. I wonder if that's the better way to go about archiving this reference.

Probably could have worded this better, thanks for your time. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 02:59, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

:I've deleted it while we figure out copyright status of this. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:35, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
::It seems to exist on the IA [https://web.archive.org/web/20190203021620/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563217303357 here]. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:37, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Unfortunately that snapshot only has the Abstract. I'm not the one that added the particular source, but it (may) be sufficient enough to add as an archive link for that particular source (talking about the [[Age Verification]] article in case anyone's confused), so I've gone and done so. Thanks for your input. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 04:34, 4 February 2026 (UTC)
::This can be safely undeleted. The copyright symbol is sometimes used for partial copyright (which Creative Commons is). A more suitable symbol would have been the "(cc)" (creative commons) symbol, but it is not a dedicated unicode character like "©". The document itself says it is Creative Commons, not "all rights reserved", so I see no reason not to undelete it. [[User:JodyBruchonFan|JodyBruchonFan]] ([[User talk:JodyBruchonFan|talk]]) 22:51, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

==Appeal Request==

On the article regarding [[Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices|Restaurant Brand International]], I think that the source credibility issue lacks merit and should be removed, as I don't see how it could be lacking in source credibility due to (in my opinion) additional evidence backup with images and detail breakthrough of the event that would classify it as being trustworthy? Would like some thoughts and comments around this, very confused. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 23:45, 13 February 2026 (UTC)

:Mr Pollo often does tagging like that, pinging @[[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] for thoughts here. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:01, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
::Also, incomplete is often simply used for a short article, although it doesnt specify it in the notice. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 18:02, 14 February 2026 (UTC)
:Hello, I added the incomplete template to that article for two main reasons: aspects such as the Background section can be expanded into a paragraph and a "consumer response" section as seen [[Template:IncidentPreload|here]] would greatly benefit the article. So far it is a good article, but it can be better with my suggestions. [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 20:47, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
::Now i see. I think that's fair and i agree! Thank you for clearing some things up, will definitely work on it as soon as I get the chance! [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 20:56, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Of course, thank you as well for your contributions! [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 21:05, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
::::No problem! it should be good now when you have the time to check, please let me know of any addition problems~@[[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 23:49, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::forgot to add that regarding your previous comment on if you rule and welcome really happened, yes and I can confirm with screenshots or whatever necessary for whatever link you couldn't access. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 00:02, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::I've removed the notice! [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:17, 18 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::The article looks good, didn’t notice any new problems. Nice work! [[User:Mr Pollo|Mr Pollo]] ([[User talk:Mr Pollo|talk]]) 14:20, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

==Archive.today weaponising PCs into causing DDoS attacks==

Hello, I just wanted to bring up the fact that Archive.today has recently decided to DDoS a random blog using people visiting their site (without them even realising) because they disliked a page on it. This doesn't exactly make me very happy with using the service for archiving links if they willingly do things like that. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:11, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

:That is concerning, afaik it's basically just run by one person so that's always a risk factor. Internet archive still has the issue of being pretty compliant when faced with DMCA takedowns, but at least it's a bit more of an institution...
:Do you think we should pull it as a recommended archive site over this? does result in a bit of a single-point-of-failure with IA. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:17, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
::Maybe wait it out for a little while, see what Wikipedia does, and then copy them? from the looks of it there's a lot of discussion going on about it over there. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:25, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
:::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5 [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 15:26, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Seems like a good plan. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:36, 19 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::It's been closed as deprecate archive.today. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 08:05, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::As the saying goes, "This is informative, and unfortunate".
::::::My main concern with IA is its aging maintainers (which I can no longer verify on the site), but this does seem to be a more pressing issue. Will look into re-archiving pages I've done in the past. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 09:34, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::This seems extremely far fetched, but I'd like if the FULU Foundation themselves could make an archiving service. This sounds ridiculous but just putting it out there in case it is possible. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 10:24, 20 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::Pulled it from the recommended archiving lists, @[[User:Keith|Keith]] you can change it back if you disagree. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 10:28, 20 February 2026 (UTC) <sub>Edit: Was a bit hasty of me, I've reinstated it with a warning. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 12:53, 20 February 2026 (UTC)</sub>
::::::::we have considered self-hosting an archivebox instance or similar, with the ability to create archive pages locked behind a confirmed wiki account. Cost wise (including the time cost of setup and maintenance), it's feasible but not ideal, so i wouldn't count on it happening unless things really go to shit with the big archivers. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 01:35, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::OK, actually looking through and reading the reasons given for the consensus view, I'd be happy to adopt it, and will un-undo your edits and just take it off, leaving an explanation.
:::::::::the fact that the maintainer has been credibly alleged to have altered the content of sites hosted there is the biggest concern for me, as having a reliable record is kind of the whole point.
:::::::::going to @[[User:Banana|Banana]] here to see this discussion since he's been working on an archive bot for citations. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 01:41, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::::I've created [[Special:AbuseFilter/14]] for links. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:33, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::::I agree with this. but being a US org wouldn't they also be mandated to honor the DMCA? and hence have the same issues as IA? idk much abt the hosting aspect of it but many shadow sites exist that do not at all honor the DMCA. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 16:03, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:::::::::From what I've seen they've done malicious things like making seperate web crawlers that do the same thing to make it harder to block it and also not honoring the DMCA which from my understanding has gotten them into legal issues. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:20, 22 February 2026 (UTC)
:thanks for letting us know! will definetly be using alternative means of archiving for now on! [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 02:43, 21 February 2026 (UTC)
::Hello, is it possible to appeal deletion for this article <nowiki>https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Digital_Childhood_Alliance</nowiki> ? Article was updated with correct formatting and proper references [[Special:Contributions/88.118.107.138|88.118.107.138]] 20:36, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:::{{Done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 21:02, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

==banning Discord from citations==

[[OpenAI#cite_ref-5]] is a Discord link. As a non user of Discord I cannot see what has been cited. people should not be required to create an account to view the source of a claim. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 16:11, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:Agreed. Ive removed it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:26, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

==[[special:AbuseFilter/14]]==

Hi, can someone with good knowledge of the abuse filter code fix or tell me how to fix this? [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 21:06, 22 February 2026 (UTC)

:I've fixed this and it's now working [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 03:08, 25 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:13, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

==Is Bloatware still a stub?==

[[Bloatware|This article]] seems less of a stub compared to [[Ad block]] [[User:Rudxain|Rudxain]] ([[User talk:Rudxain|talk]]) 23:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:Unsure on this one. I don't think any mods passed by it and tagged that one, so I've tagged Ad block now. I'm leaning to de-stub it but I'm still not entirely sure. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:11, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

==Potential website bug==

I made my new page (unlocking technology act of 2013) on mobile, where I could not use the shortcut to make proper references according to Rossmann's guide video, so I had just included links to the sources used instead. I got back here on a computer and attempted to fix them, but I ran into a problem. I had previously added a stub notice to my article. While I did not attempt to remove the stub notice in my edits while fixing the references, I still got the message that I could not remove the notice, and it would not accept my edit. I cannot fix the article as things are. [[User:Luigi2262|Luigi2262]] ([[User talk:Luigi2262|talk]]) 03:28, 25 February 2026 (UTC)

:The wiki has always had the irritating behavior of a notice tag (whether Incomplete, Stub, etc.) forbidding any in-line editing, even if it's only to place a page's cargo template on a new line separate from the tag.
:And I know you've already commented under the [[Consumer Rights Wiki talk:Moderators' noticeboard#stub notice bug|stub notice bug]] discussion, but I figure it'll be good to make note here as well. — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 06:18, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

==What should I do once my article is finished==

Should I leave it in that place <nowiki>https://consumerrights.wiki/w/User:%5E%26*/Digital_Ownership_Superact</nowiki>? [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 18:09, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:Oh yes this link https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Digital_Ownership_Superact&redirect=no, this link is there to fix the broken redirect left (SixenTitan did that iirc) I have done the article what should I do? [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 19:27, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
::as [[Digital Ownership Superact]] already exists I could not move [[User:^&*/Digital Ownership Superact]] to it. idk how articles are merged or supplanted or if I have such perms. but what I can do is copy over the content which I did. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 23:06, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Thank you! [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:18, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

==May I ask are you going to transition from Discord to Matrix (Not the movie)?==

Just another genuine question. Sorry to bother you.

https://matrix.org/ [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 19:37, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:[[User_talk:Keith#alternative_to_Discord]] this might intrigue you [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 22:59, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
::Thanks for that too [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:19, 27 February 2026 (UTC)
:We might be doing this. There is discussion on what’s going to happen if privacy stuff continues to occur with discord. Rest assured though that staff will keep everyone informed. Thanks for bringing this up and please let us know if you need anything else. - [[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] ([[User talk:Atsumari|talk]]) 23:49, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Yum! relevance appeal==

the person that marked it irrelevant did it so w the justification of "because subject doesn't seem to be relevant to cases of "new" consumer exploitation". are incidents from 2014 really irrelevant? if so we got a lot of onions to chop [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 23:14, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

:{{done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:09, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==Discord tone appeal==

Hi, on 13 September 2025 [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Discord&oldid=24510 Beanie Bo put a tone notice] on [[Discord]]. It's been some time since then, so does the ToS and Privacy Policy still need to be described instead of in bullet point? What other things could be improved in clearing the tone warning? (if any)? Thanks. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 05:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

:I’ll get this flagged to Keith so we can review this internally - [[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] ([[User talk:Atsumari|talk]]) 23:46, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
:I think as you say the main issues relate to the bullet pointed sections; mainly there are phrases like 'broad rights', which are both unhelpful and potentially misleading depending on how the reader interprets it. I'd say a shortening of the consumer impact summary, and the addition of a full section on its terms of service is probably sensible.
:I also removed the section on vague moderation as it really didn't have good enough citations to support its inclusion.
:I do think it's in a decent enough state to probably not need the tone warning however, and so I've taken it off.
:thanks @[[User:Atsumari|Atsumari]] for pinging me! [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 00:42, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

==can I get mod?==

the title's a half joke. can sm1 revert [[Talk:Razer]] to [https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Razer&oldid=36825 this] version? a rando replaced the topic alongside the discussion with a summarized line cuz they thought it was the article itself. I wasn't able to revert cuz of this. [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 06:11, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

{{Done}} [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:07, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

==May I ask where do I place it?==

I dont mind if need placing at a different website, but where should this article be placed at?
https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Digital_Ownership_Superact [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:51, 28 February 2026 (UTC)

:Not in a rude way ofc [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:53, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
::Since it not formal like rest of the wiki; where do I place it? (Look at the edit history) [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 23:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
:::I've been following this discussion, I've just tried the move to your user now and it worked. No idea why it didn't work for Keith. It is now at [[User:^&*/Digital Ownership Superact]]. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:26, 1 March 2026 (UTC)
::::Thanks [[User:^&*|^&*]] ([[User talk:^&*|talk]]) 21:32, 1 March 2026 (UTC)

==Some Thoughts???==

I'm currently working on this [[Shell|article]], and i am having difficulty deciding on what to do with a 1990-1996 incident the company was involved in with the Nigerian Government. To keep it short, the company collaborated with the Nigerian Government after protest of the company environmental damage, creating the Internal Security Task Force (ISTF) with the sole purpose of serving Shell "community en-devours"that resulting in rape, killings, torture, and execution of protestors and Nigerian's. The company would frequently have meetings with the Nigerian government, encouraging the killings and rewarding the higher officials and police officers with meals, cash, and transportation. (sorry if i get some of this wrong)

I would like some thoughts around this incident to decide on what i should do? I was thinking creating an incident and putting an disclaimer similar to the article disclaimer shown [[Shell|here]], as this incident doesn't really delve into a product or service per-se, more of an incident about human rights abuses and market control. @[[User:Keith|Keith]]

Here is one big source of reference i plan on using: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/AFR44/7393/2017/en/

[[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 06:52, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

:I'm not entirely sure if human rights issues are even allowed in the first place. Sure, it's absolutely horrible, but I'm not sure if it's in scope. We'll see what Keith says anyway. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:33, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
::torn on this one. it's done in service of market control etc., but it certainly seems like a issue more adjacent to worker abuses or environmental damage which are out-of-scope (and also it's being done in service of securing supply rather than securing demand). maybe could be mentioned off-hand as context for something else (e.g. demonstrating that they have capability/track record of working in that way), with a link to the relevant wikipedia page, but I don't think it makes sense to have a full page for it on the wiki. I assume Wikipedia has it pretty well documented? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 11:02, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
:::I looked on Wikipedia and I couldn't find any reference to the incident. I think mentioning it off-hand as additional context is a good idea, maybe with it being implemented with something like this [[Chevron|article]] (on chevron killing protestors part) and acting as a summary of the incident and not its whole article. [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 14:14, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
::::never-mind, found it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_the_Survival_of_the_Ogoni_People#Saro-Wiwa_v [[User:SquidthePlummer|SquidthePlummer]] ([[User talk:SquidthePlummer|talk]]) 20:38, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

==How will the CRW approach April Fool's day?==

Hi, April Fool's day is next month and I don't want to initiate a discussion too late, so how would we approach it? My idea is 1) no jokes in articles, no exceptions and 2) clearly mark all jokes when they occur (I've made [[Template:April fools]] for this purpose). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 19:57, 2 March 2026 (UTC)

:If my science textbook in school gave me a QR code that ends up rickrolling me I think I'll spend longer than 1 day being distracted about it... lol
:In my opinion they should be contained within user pages and other types of pages the common person never visits, like having it as an extra link under Wiki policy or something. It would be really bad if someone in power happens to see it the one day they get told to visit a page on the wiki. Just my two cents... but then again I'm pretty biased against the day anyway [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 06:56, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::I don't even think we should have it under a link on Wiki policy, just silently add it with thr correct template the correct people internally will see it via recent changes. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:08, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:Honestly, I don't think we will be doing one this year. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 07:29, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::Was there one last year? I don't think there was. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:36, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:::There definitely wasn't. [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 08:29, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
::::I've deleted the template. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:10, 3 March 2026 (UTC)
:::::Might be worth undeleting it... Louis came up with an idea for an April Fools, based on that Norwegian enshittification video from the other day. Basic concept is to enshittify the wiki (maybe just the main page, and with an off button, of course) for a day. I fully agree with no jokes in articles - that's just a pain to keep track of and undo, and could damage credibility if done without good taste. [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 10:33, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::I have had my ideas, but I'll keep them secret for now. I'll undelete it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 15:54, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
::::::we could prob use the trollface as the wiki logo at least [[User:JamesTDG|JamesTDG]] ([[User talk:JamesTDG|talk]]) 04:21, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

==[[Special:SearchDigest]]==

I've been creating a few articles on here, but everyone else PLEASE DO THE SAME! It tells us what articles readers want! [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:17, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

==Idea - Question place==

A place for new editors to get help from more experienced editors (doesn't even have to be mods) to help them with editing the CRW. I think this'd help as currently there's only this and the Bugs noticeboard. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:18, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:I would appreciate this very much as a new editor [[User:Andrew V|Andrew V]] ([[User talk:Andrew V|talk]]) 02:51, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
:I don't know if this is new but there is a FAQ page. [[User:Andrew V|Andrew V]] ([[User talk:Andrew V|talk]]) 02:55, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
::That isn't new and that was one of my first contributions helping out there when I was a new editor, but it isn't ideal in its current state for issues not listed there. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:03, 7 March 2026 (UTC)

==Downloadable zim file==

Can the wiki be downloaded offline through a zim file similar to wikipedia? [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 01:18, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

:Not similar to Wikipedia I don't think, but we have a github repo that is open source (https://github.com/FULU-Foundation/crw). @[[User:JakeL|JakeL]] can probably provide better info than me [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:14, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::I think it could be convenient to some people who have zim file libraries I’ve seen a lot of other wikis on the kiwix library page [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 07:53, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:::The backend team (JakeL and Unto) can do that. I've already pinged JakeL here so they will see this. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:58, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
:We don't currently offer anything officially, although you could look into using <nowiki>https://github.com/openzim/mwoffliner</nowiki> to generate your own, in combination with Kiwix. [[User:JakeL|JakeL]] ([[User talk:JakeL|talk]]) 23:11, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
::That seems like an interesting tool, though I do think that an official file should be looked into as a future project [[User:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj]] ([[User talk:Dosjdhdjdjdhdjdjdj|talk]]) 23:46, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

==Tagging as incomplete AND stubs==

Hello. I've noticed a lot of incomplete and stub both being used at the same time, which takes up lots of space. I haven't removed this, but I think it's quite excessive. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:04, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

== Duplicate page for "Autodesk Fusion EOL" ==

It looks like the page [[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]] has been replaced by [[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]. The former is incomplete, while the latter has more content and is complete. Search and [[Projects:Archive everything#The list]] bring up both. Should the former be deleted or changed to a redirect (and removed from The List)? I'm not sure which and don't have the privileges to do either. (I put a Discussion note but dunno if that pings anyone.) ... Posting here since I don't know where to ask, and so I'll know in the future. Thanks! [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 01:21, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

Projects:Archive everything

2026-03-09T00:49:54Z

Marc84: /* The list */

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/08
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS charges for previously free service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bunnings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Burger King]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung Gear 360 software and services discontinued]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ILife]]||N/A||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[KFC]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwik Trip]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's 2017 India Leak]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[McDonald's Japan malware attack]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive, PreserveTube
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Papa John's]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Robin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive, Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Restaurant Brands International caught training AI models using customer voices]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Taco Bell]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tim Hortons app collects user data without consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Twitch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[UPS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[USAGov]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Reveddit
|-
|[[Uber]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[VMware]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Venmo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verizon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VidIQ]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Visa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Vitalant]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Vizio]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archvie; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vont]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 14.)
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vultr]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Walmart]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Waymo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wemo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note:No archival possible for ref 22.)
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 10.)
|-
|[[Western Digital]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube (Note: No archival possible for academic report 2) & 3) [Paywalled])
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.todayl PreserveTube
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wink]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wondershare]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today; Preservetube
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wyze]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[X Corp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xcode]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xlear]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yandex]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[YouTube]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[YouTube age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Yubo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yum! Brands]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Zyxel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-03-05T03:30:09Z

Marc84: /* The list */

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/04
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS charges for previously free service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung Gear 360 software and services discontinued]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
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|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ILife]]||N/A||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
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|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Twitch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[UPS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[USAGov]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Reveddit
|-
|[[Uber]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[VMware]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Venmo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verizon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VidIQ]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Visa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Vitalant]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Vizio]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archvie; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vont]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 14.)
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vultr]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Walmart]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Waymo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wemo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note:No archival possible for ref 22.)
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 10.)
|-
|[[Western Digital]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube (Note: No archival possible for academic report 2) & 3) [Paywalled])
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.todayl PreserveTube
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wink]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wondershare]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today; Preservetube
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wyze]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[X Corp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xcode]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xlear]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yandex]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[YouTube]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[YouTube age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Yubo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Zyxel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

Talk:Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy

2026-03-05T03:26:46Z

Marc84: /* Page has been replaced */ Reply

==Page has been replaced==

It seems there is another page covering this same topic, with more info:

[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]

This page should probably be removed from the wiki... I don't know how to do that, so posting to discussion so someone that knows how/has privileges can handle it. [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 03:25, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

:... and remove it from the "[[Projects:Archive everything#The list|Archive everything]]" list. [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 03:26, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Talk:Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy

2026-03-05T03:25:20Z

Marc84: /* Page has been replaced */ new section

== Page has been replaced ==

It seems there is another page covering this same topic, with more info:

[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]

This page should probably be removed from the wiki... I don't know how to do that, so posting to discussion so someone that knows how/has privileges can handle it. [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 03:25, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

Audible class action lawsuit

2026-03-05T03:17:18Z

Marc84: /* References */ Added archive link.

{{StubNotice}}

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Amazon
|StartDate=2025-08-28
|EndDate=
|Status=Pending Resolution
|ProductLine=Audible
|Product=Audible
|ArticleType=Incident
|Type=Digital Ownership, Licensing Controversy
|Description=Audible allegedly misleads consumers into thinking they own the audiobooks they purchase.
}}

==Background==
[[Audible]] markets audiobooks for “purchase,” yet its legal terms state that consumers receive a '''limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license''' to access content rather than full ownership, and that continued access and re-download are not guaranteed.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=License Agreement |url=https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250224185607/https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |archive-date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2025-09-10 |title=Audible Service Conditions of Use |url=https://www.audible.com/legal/conditions-of-use |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250913172910/https://www.audible.com/legal/conditions-of-use |archive-date=2025-09-13 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible.com |quote=As a convenience to you we may continue to make your purchased content available for re-download… we do not guarantee that such content will be available for re-download.}}</ref>

In '''California''', the '''Digital Property Rights Transparency Law''' (AB 2426) amended the state’s False Advertising Law by adding '''Business & Professions Code § 17500.6'''. Effective '''January 1, 2025''', sellers may not use terms a reasonable consumer associates with '''unrestricted ownership''' (e.g., “buy,” “purchase”) for digital goods '''unless''' they provide a clear pre-transaction disclosure that the consumer is receiving a license (with a link to the full terms), or obtain the consumer’s affirmative acknowledgment of license restrictions at the time of purchase.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=AB 2426 (Irwin) – Chapter 513, Statutes of 2024 |url=https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=LegiScan |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251129123017/https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |archive-date=29 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=Assembly Committee on Privacy & Consumer Protection: Analysis of AB 2426 (Irwin) |url=https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-03/ab-2426-irwin-apcp-analysis.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424182400/https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-03/ab-2426-irwin-apcp-analysis.pdf |archive-date=2025-04-24 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=California State Assembly}}</ref>

The '''Federal Trade Commission (FTC)''' has separately warned that platforms must be clear about what consumers actually receive when offered digital products described as “bought” or “purchased,” emphasizing that claims implying ownership when only a license is provided can be deceptive.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=Can’t lose what you never had: Claims about digital ownership |url=https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/08/cant-lose-what-you-never-had-claims-about-digital-ownership-creation-age-generative-ai |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204095939/https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/08/cant-lose-what-you-never-had-claims-about-digital-ownership-creation-age-generative-ai |archive-date=2023-12-04 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Federal Trade Commission}}</ref>

Courts have also recognized that many digital transactions confer '''licenses''' rather than ownership, limiting first-sale and resale rights (e.g., ''Vernor v. Autodesk'', 9th Cir. 2010; ''Capitol Records v. ReDigi'', 2d Cir. 2018).<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-09-10 |title=Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 621 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010) |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |archive-date=2025-09-30 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., 910 F.3d 649 (2d Cir. 2018) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Justia |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201041138/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Consumer impact and related incidents==
Consumers have reported '''purchased titles becoming difficult to find''' or '''unavailable''' in their libraries when licensing or catalog changes occur. Audible’s own help pages acknowledge “missing title” scenarios and provide steps to locate archived or hidden items.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title is missing |url=https://help.audible.com/s/article/title-is-missing?language=en_US |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible Help Center |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://help.audible.com/s/article/title-is-missing?language=en_US |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref> Independent accounts describe older purchases not appearing in in-app search results after delisting, contributing to confusion when the storefront uses “buy” language but the underlying transaction grants a license.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-05-21 |title=Audible and the strange case of the disappearing audiobooks |url=https://mikefinnsfiction.com/2024/05/21/audible-and-the-strange-case-of-the-disappearing-audiobooks/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525125149/https://mikefinnsfiction.com/2024/05/21/audible-and-the-strange-case-of-the-disappearing-audiobooks/ |archive-date=2024-05-25 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Mike Finn’s Fiction}}</ref>

This ambiguity reflects a wider '''industry pattern'''. For example, '''Valve/Steam''' added a prominent shopping-cart notice in 2024 stating that a purchase of a digital product '''grants a license''', not ownership.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-10-11 |title=Steam now explicitly states you’re not buying the game, just a license |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/105108-steam-now-explicitly-states-youre-not-buying-game.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=TechSpot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230643/https://www.techspot.com/news/105108-steam-now-explicitly-states-youre-not-buying-game.html |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref> '''Sony PlayStation''' initially announced it would remove previously purchased '''Discovery''' TV content due to licensing, then reversed course after public backlash, illustrating that access to “purchased” media may depend on ongoing licensing arrangements outside consumers’ control.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=PlayStation Video Content (US) legal notice |url=https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=PlayStation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260215235752/https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/psvideocontent/ |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Discovery shows you’ve bought on PlayStation actually won’t be taken away |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011168/sony-playstation-discovery-shows-not-removed |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=The Verge |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214065636/https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011168/sony-playstation-discovery-shows-not-removed |archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref> In gaming, '''Ubisoft''' shut down servers for ''The Crew'' (2014), leaving purchasers unable to play and sparking litigation and preservation debates about digital ownership expectations.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-04-16 |title=Ubisoft is stripping people’s licences for The Crew |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/ubisoft-is-stripping-peoples-licences-for-the-crew-weeks-after-its-shutdown-nearly-squandering-hopes-of-private-servers-and-acting-as-a-stark-reminder-of-how-volatile-digital-ownership-is/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=PC Gamer |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260206181740/https://www.pcgamer.com/games/racing/ubisoft-is-stripping-peoples-licences-for-the-crew-weeks-after-its-shutdown-nearly-squandering-hopes-of-private-servers-and-acting-as-a-stark-reminder-of-how-volatile-digital-ownership-is/ |archive-date=6 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2024-11-04 |title=Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew |url=https://www.polygon.com/gaming/476979/ubisoft-the-crew-shut-down-lawsuit-class-action |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Polygon |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260209145249/https://www.polygon.com/gaming/476979/ubisoft-the-crew-shut-down-lawsuit-class-action/ |archive-date=9 Feb 2026}}</ref>

==Timeline==

*'''2009-07''' – Amazon remotely deletes '''George Orwell’s ''1984''''' and ''Animal Farm'' from Kindles due to rights issues; later settles and promises limits on remote deletions.<ref>{{cite web |date=2009-10-01 |title=Amazon Settles Kindle “1984” Lawsuit |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/519855/amazon_kindle_1984_lawsuit.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=PCWorld |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122013517/https://www.pcworld.com/article/519855/amazon_kindle_1984_lawsuit.html |archive-date=22 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*'''2010-09''' – ''Vernor v. Autodesk'' (9th Cir.) clarifies license vs. ownership in software resale.<ref>{{cite web |date=2010-09-10 |title=Vernor v. Autodesk |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260103072904/https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref>
*'''2018-12''' – ''Capitol Records v. ReDigi'' (2d Cir.) limits first-sale for digital music file transfers.<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Capitol Records v. ReDigi |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Justia |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201041138/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*'''2023-12''' – PlayStation announces, then reverses, removal of purchased '''Discovery''' TV content.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-12-21 |title=Discovery shows won’t be removed |url=https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011168/sony-playstation-discovery-shows-not-removed |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=The Verge |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251214065636/https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/21/24011168/sony-playstation-discovery-shows-not-removed |archive-date=14 Dec 2025}}</ref>
*'''2024-09-24''' – California '''AB 2426''' is chaptered; effective '''2025-01-01'''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=AB 2426 – Chaptered text |url=https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=LegiScan |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251129123017/https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |archive-date=29 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*'''2025-02-18''' – Audible updates its '''License Agreement''' (explicit license language remains).<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=License Agreement |url=https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible.com |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260212143610/https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |archive-date=12 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*'''2025-08-28''' – '''Deitrich & Farrell v. Audible, Inc.''' filed in W.D. Wash., alleging violations of AB 2426 and California consumer laws.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=Deitrich & Farrell v. Audible, Inc. – Class Action Complaint |url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061.1.0.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=CourtListener (RECAP) |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230643/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061.1.0.pdf |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref>

==Incident==
Reports describe consumers believing they '''own''' purchased audiobooks yet encountering '''disappearing titles''', '''re-download limits''', or '''search suppression''' for delisted works. Audible’s help documentation addresses “missing titles,” while independent posts recount library items not surfacing in app search after catalog changes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Title is missing |url=https://help.audible.com/s/article/title-is-missing?language=en_US |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible Help Center |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://help.audible.com/s/article/title-is-missing?language=en_US |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2024-05-21 |title=Audible and the strange case of the disappearing audiobooks |url=https://mikefinnsfiction.com/2024/05/21/audible-and-the-strange-case-of-the-disappearing-audiobooks/ |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Mike Finn’s Fiction |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240525125149/https://mikefinnsfiction.com/2024/05/21/audible-and-the-strange-case-of-the-disappearing-audiobooks/ |archive-date=25 May 2024}}</ref> This dynamic mirrors other digital storefronts where “buy” may denote a '''revocable license''' rather than perpetual ownership, a distinction now regulated in California by § 17500.6.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-04-02 |title=AB 2426 Analysis |url=https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-03/ab-2426-irwin-apcp-analysis.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=California Assembly |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251110100918/https://apcp.assembly.ca.gov/system/files/2024-03/ab-2426-irwin-apcp-analysis.pdf |archive-date=10 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Company response==
As of the research date, Audible’s publicly available legal pages reflect the company’s position that audiobook “purchases” grant a '''limited, non-transferable license''', and that continued '''re-download is not guaranteed''' if content becomes unavailable. The posted License Agreement shows a last updated date of '''February 18, 2025''' (after AB 2426 took effect), while the Conditions of Use reiterate the lack of a re-download guarantee.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=License Agreement |url=https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible.com |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260212143610/https://www.audible.com/legal/license-agreement |archive-date=12 Feb 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2025-09-10 |title=Audible Service Conditions of Use |url=https://www.audible.com/legal/conditions-of-use |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Audible.com |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260212143606/https://www.audible.com/legal/conditions-of-use |archive-date=12 Feb 2026}}</ref> No formal press release or public newsroom statement specific to AB 2426 or to the Deitrich/Farrell lawsuit was located in company-facing communications at the time of research.

==Lawsuit==

===Deitrich & Farrell v. Audible, Inc. (W.D. Wash. No. 2:25-cv-01659)===
On '''August 28, 2025''', plaintiffs '''Jeff Deitrich''' and '''Jessica Farrell''' filed a putative class action against Audible in the '''U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington'''. The complaint alleges that using '''“buy”/“purchase”''' for digital audiobooks without clear point-of-sale disclosure violates '''California Business & Professions Code § 17500.6 (AB 2426)''' and constitutes false advertising and unfair competition under California law. The suit seeks injunctive relief, damages, attorney’s fees, and California class certification.<ref>{{cite web |date=2025-08-28 |title=Deitrich & Farrell v. Audible, Inc. – Class Action Complaint |url=https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061.1.0.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=CourtListener (RECAP) |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230643/https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061/gov.uscourts.wawd.352061.1.0.pdf |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref>

===Related Audible litigation (context)===

*'''Golden Unicorn Enterprises & Big Dog Books v. Audible (S.D.N.Y.)''' – Contract and royalty accounting claims related to the “Great Listen Guarantee” were largely resolved in Audible’s favor by the district court in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-01-14 |title=Golden Unicorn Enters. v. Audible, Inc. – Opinion |url=https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/golden-unicorn-enters-v-1068772033 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=vLex |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://case-law.vlex.com/vid/golden-unicorn-enters-v-1068772033 |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref>
*'''Hollis v. Audible (W.D. Wash.)''' – Putative class action alleging expiring '''Audible credits''' violate Washington’s gift certificate law; litigation ongoing as of the research date.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Hollis v. Audible, Inc. – Complaint (W.D. Wash.) |url=https://www.classaction.org/media/hollis-v-audible-inc.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=ClassAction.org (PDF) |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://www.classaction.org/media/hollis-v-audible-inc.pdf |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref>
*'''McKee v. Audible (C.D. Cal.)''' – Earlier class action addressing auto-renewal/credits and alleged unauthorized charges resolved by settlement approved in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017 |title=McKee v. Audible – Complaint (C.D. Cal.) |url=https://www.classaction.org/media/mckee-v-audible.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=ClassAction.org (PDF) |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250325160650/https://www.classaction.org/media/mckee-v-audible.pdf |archive-date=25 Mar 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2020-12-09 |title=Grant McKee v. Audible, Inc. et al., Final Approval Order |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/california/cacdce/2%3A2017cv01941/672378/207/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:Grant_McKee_v._Audible.pdf |archive-date=2026-03-04 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Justia}}</ref>

==Consumer response==
Consumer advocates and policymakers have urged clearer disclosures at the point of sale so that the use of “buy” or “purchase” does not mislead consumers when transactions are in fact licenses. The '''FTC''' has advised businesses to avoid implying ownership where only a license is provided and to ensure material terms are disclosed in a manner consumers will notice.<ref>{{cite web |date=2023-08-01 |title=FTC Business Guidance on Digital Ownership Claims |url=https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/08/cant-lose-what-you-never-had-claims-about-digital-ownership-creation-age-generative-ai |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Federal Trade Commission |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250317221649/https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/08/cant-lose-what-you-never-had-claims-about-digital-ownership-creation-age-generative-ai |archive-date=17 Mar 2025}}</ref>

==Legal and regulatory context==
California’s '''§ 17500.6''' targets the '''use of ownership language''' for revocable digital licenses and provides both government and private enforcement mechanisms. Separately, longstanding federal case law for digital media and software confirms that many transactions are licenses, not sales, which constrains consumers’ rights to resell, lend, or transfer digital goods compared to physical media.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=AB 2426 (Irwin) – Chapter 513, Statutes of 2024 |url=https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=LegiScan |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251129123017/https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2426/id/2927156 |archive-date=29 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2010-09-10 |title=Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc., 621 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010) |url=https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260103072904/https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2010/09/10/09-35969.pdf |archive-date=3 Jan 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2018-12-12 |title=Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc., 910 F.3d 649 (2d Cir. 2018) |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Justia |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260201041138/https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca2/16-2321/16-2321-2018-12-12.html |archive-date=1 Feb 2026}}</ref> Some platforms have begun adding '''point-of-sale license notices''' (e.g., Steam), while others rely on terms-of-service documents and support pages for post-purchase issues.<ref>{{cite web |date=2024-10-11 |title=Steam cart disclosure clarifies licensing |url=https://www.techspot.com/news/105108-steam-now-explicitly-states-youre-not-buying-game.html |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=TechSpot |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230643/https://www.techspot.com/news/105108-steam-now-explicitly-states-youre-not-buying-game.html |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Play Books: Takedowns & removals |url=https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1062975?hl=en |access-date=2025-09-29 |website=Google Help |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250930230644/https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/1062975?hl=en |archive-date=30 Sep 2025}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Right to repair]]
*[[Digital rights management]]
*[[First-sale doctrine]]

==References==
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File:Grant McKee v. Audible.pdf

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Recently, MacOS Autodesk Fusion users were greeted with a warning upon launching the application on an Intel based MacOS device running OpenCore legacy and macOS 15 Sequoia or earlier. The corresponding support article<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Autodesk support |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=Autodesk Fusion Unsupported Mac Hardware Configurations |url=https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-Fusion-Unsupported-Mac-Hardware-Configurations.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708210020/https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-Fusion-Unsupported-Mac-Hardware-Configurations.html |archive-date=2025-07-08 |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=[[Autodesk]]}}</ref> stated that support for the Fusion application on these systems had been dropped in March 2025. The application results in an "Installation pre-check" failure, preventing the user from updating or reinstalling the software and with further functionality likely breaking in the future.[[File:Screenshot of Autodesk Fusion360 on MacOS.png|alt=A banner in the software warning the user of unsupported hardware|thumb|Fusion360 cannot be updated due to a supposed hardware incompatibility.]]

==Background==
OpenCore legacy allows owners of intel based MacOS devices to run unsupported versions of MacOS on outdated hardware. OpenCore implements a custom boot loader and kernel extensions to bypass these restrictions. Functionally however, an unsupported Intel MacOS device running OpenCore is similar if not identical in terms of everyday use and application compatibility to a still supported Intel MacOS device, as the hardware is clearly still capable to run these applications.

Even though Apple will continue support for some Intel based Mac devices with MacOS 26 Tahoe, Autodesk introduced checks to determine if the devices operating system had been modified and whether the hardware is officially supported.

While support for Intel based Macs will be dropped altogether once Apple fully moves on to ARM eventually, it is no excuse for Autodesk to divide Intel based Mac users in this way prematurely, despite running an identical processor architecture.

==EOL announcement by Autodesk==
[[File:Screenshot of support webpage regarding the issue.png|alt=Statement by Autodesk regarding the issue|thumb|Statement by Autodesk regarding the issue]]
On February 5th 2025, Autodesk released a statement<ref name=":0" /> regarding ending support for "unsupported" hardware by the end of March 2025. The user may own a compatible device according to the list of supported devices and still fail the pre-install checks due to the use of a modified operating system.

The customer is being denied access to a paid subscription service, losing the ability to update, reinstall and possibly use the software starting now.

*Product support for these unofficial Mac hardware configurations is not available.
*Your installed Autodesk Fusion client will not be able to update after March 2025.
*After March 2025, if you uninstall Fusion you will not be able to reinstall on unsupported hardware.
*Legacy builds of Fusion may fail eventually to connect to Autodesk servers as APIs, endpoints, and security requirements change.

== References ==
{{DEFAULTSORT:Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy}}
[[Category:Autodesk]]
[[Category:Autodesk Fusion]]
[[Category:OpenCore]]
[[Category:MacOS]]
<references />

Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy

2026-03-05T03:05:04Z

Marc84:

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Recently, MacOS Autodesk Fusion users were greeted with a warning upon launching the application on an Intel based MacOS device running OpenCore legacy and macOS 15 Sequoia or earlier. The corresponding support article<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Autodesk support |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=Autodesk Fusion Unsupported Mac Hardware Configurations |url=https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-Fusion-Unsupported-Mac-Hardware-Configurations.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708210020/https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-Fusion-Unsupported-Mac-Hardware-Configurations.html |archive-date=2025-07-08 |access-date=2026-03-04 |website=[[Autodesk]]}}</ref> stated that support for the Fusion application on these systems had been dropped in March 2025. The application results in an "Installation pre-check" failure, preventing the user from updating or reinstalling the software and with further functionality likely breaking in the future.[[File:Screenshot of Autodesk Fusion360 on MacOS.png|alt=A banner in the software warning the user of unsupported hardware|thumb|Fusion360 cannot be updated due to a supposed hardware incompatibility.]]

==Background==
OpenCore legacy allows owners of intel based MacOS devices to run unsupported versions of MacOS on outdated hardware. OpenCore implements a custom boot loader and kernel extensions to bypass these restrictions. Functionally however, an unsupported Intel MacOS device running OpenCore is similar if not identical in terms of everyday use and application compatibility to a still supported Intel MacOS device, as the hardware is clearly still capable to run these applications.

Even though Apple will continue support for some Intel based Mac devices with MacOS 26 Tahoe, Autodesk introduced checks to determine if the devices operating system had been modified and whether the hardware is officially supported.

While support for Intel based Macs will be dropped altogether once Apple fully moves on to ARM eventually, it is no excuse for Autodesk to divide Intel based Mac users in this way prematurely, despite running an identical processor architecture.

==EOL announcement by Autodesk==
[[File:Screenshot of support webpage regarding the issue.png|alt=Statement by Autodesk regarding the issue|thumb|Statement by Autodesk regarding the issue]]
On February 5th 2025, Autodesk released a statement<ref name=":0" /> regarding ending support for "unsupported" hardware by the end of March 2025. The user may own a compatible device according to the list of supported devices and still fail the pre-install checks due to the use of a modified operating system.

The customer is being denied access to a paid subscription service, losing the ability to update, reinstall and possibly use the software starting now.

*Product support for these unofficial Mac hardware configurations is not available.
*Your installed Autodesk Fusion client will not be able to update after March 2025.
*After March 2025, if you uninstall Fusion you will not be able to reinstall on unsupported hardware.
*Legacy builds of Fusion may fail eventually to connect to Autodesk servers as APIs, endpoints, and security requirements change.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy}}
[[Category:Autodesk]]
[[Category:Autodesk Fusion]]
[[Category:OpenCore]]
[[Category:MacOS]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-03-05T02:33:50Z

Marc84: /* The list */ Updated

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/03
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
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|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung Gear 360 software and services discontinued]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
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|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
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|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ILife]]||N/A||
|-
|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
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|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Twitch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[UPS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[USAGov]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Reveddit
|-
|[[Uber]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[VMware]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Venmo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verizon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VidIQ]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Visa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Vitalant]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Vizio]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archvie; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vont]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 14.)
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vultr]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Walmart]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Waymo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wemo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note:No archival possible for ref 22.)
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 10.)
|-
|[[Western Digital]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube (Note: No archival possible for academic report 2) & 3) [Paywalled])
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.todayl PreserveTube
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wink]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wondershare]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today; Preservetube
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wyze]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[X Corp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xcode]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xlear]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yandex]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[YouTube]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[YouTube age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Yubo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Zyxel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

Audible

2026-03-05T02:29:06Z

Marc84: /* References */ Add archive link.

{{CompanyCargo
|Founded=1995
|Industry=Entertainment
|Logo=Audible.svg
|ParentCompany=Amazon
|Type=Subsidiary
|Website=https://www.audible.com/
|Description=An audiobook and podcast service owned by Amazon
}}

'''Audible''' is an audiobook and podcast service company owned by [[Amazon]]. The service platform has a dual content model that allows for individual purchases and downloads as well as streaming content available through a monthly subscription.

==Consumer-impact summary==
===Audiobook monopoly===
Amazon, the parent company of Audible, in collaboration with Apple Books (which would otherwise be its biggest competitor), controls approximately 80% of the audiobook market.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mehta |first=Vaidehi |date=24 Sep 2024 |title=Authors Battle Amazon Over Audiobook Monopoly |url=https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/authors-battle-amazon-over-audiobook-monopoly/ |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=FindLaw |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250906043335/https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/courtside/authors-battle-amazon-over-audiobook-monopoly/ |archive-date=6 Sep 2025}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Martin A. |date=25 Jun 2025 |title=ANTITRUST—S.D.N.Y.: Romance author’s claims of monopolization against Amazon Audible proceed |url=https://www.vitallaw.com/news/antitrust-s-d-n-y-romance-author-s-claims-of-monopolization-against-amazon-audible-proceed/ald01b74df89519124657a56b4e6c1589c2c8 |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=VitalLaw |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260215234933/https://www.vitallaw.com/.sso/code/oneid#. |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref> Audible itself is the world's leading retailer of audiobook purchases, with over 60% of domestic and global sales.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=13 Jun 2024 |title=Amazon Audible Audiobook Antitrust |url=https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/amazon-audible-audiobook-antitrust |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=Hagens Berman |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251210152205/https://www.hbsslaw.com/cases/amazon-audible-audiobook-antitrust |archive-date=10 Dec 2025}}</ref>

===Exclusive file format===
Audible uses the AAX file format, which was developed by Audible and is [[DRM]]-encrypted,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=All about AAX Files |url=https://filext.com/file-extension/AAX |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=FILExt |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20180916153427/http://filext.com:80/file-extension/AAX |archive-date=16 Sep 2018}}</ref> making it so that only Audible-authorized players can play it.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |first= |date=10 Jan 2024 |title=Recommended AAX Player for Windows/Mac/Android/iOS |url=https://www.dumpmedia.com/audible-converter/aax-player.html |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=DumpMedia |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251111015618/https://www.dumpmedia.com/audible-converter/aax-player.html |archive-date=11 Nov 2025}}</ref> This creates an ecosystem lock-in<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />, forcing users to rely on third-party software to break the DRM to listen to the audiobooks they have purchased outside of the Audible platform <ref name=":4" />, as evidenced by the multitude of converters that show up with a cursory "Audible AAX" search on any web browser.

===Geo-blocking===
Audible admits to restricting certain content based upon the geographic location of the user,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Update your country/marketplace |url=https://help.audible.com/s/article/update-your-country-marketplace?language=en_US |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=audible |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250827043356/https://help.audible.com/s/article/update-your-country-marketplace?language=en_US |archive-date=27 Aug 2025}}</ref> a practice known as {{Wplink|geo-blocking}}.

===Treatment of non-exclusives===
Audible has been accused of strong-arming authors into exclusivity deals<ref name=":0" /> by not only imposing higher distribution fees on non-exclusive distribution (75% in comparison to the 60% for exclusive distribution)<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> but also penalizing those who opt for non-exclusivity with practices such as reduced visibility of their titles, lower search rankings, diminished promotional opportunities,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> and lower royalties (40% for exclusive deals, 25% for non-exclusive ones).<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Scarcella |first=Mike |date=21 Jun 2025 |title=Amazon must face authors' lawsuit over audiobook distribution, US judge rules |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/amazon-must-face-authors-lawsuit-over-audiobook-distribution-us-judge-rules-2025-06-11/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/IHC4I |archive-date=2026-02-27 |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=Reuters}}</ref> For comparison, the actual cost of distributing the audiobooks is estimated to be around 5% to 10% of the sales price.<ref name=":0" />

==Incidents==
===Using credits to subsidize streaming service===
{{Main|Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits}}

In August 2025, Audible's new royalty structure took effect. It works by spreading the reader's plan value and premium credits across all books the reader listened to during the month, regardless of whether or not the audiobook was purchased or streamed using Audible's streaming service.

===Alleged non-consensual enrollment===
{{Main|Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent}}

Amazon, and Audible by extension, is currently facing a pending class-action lawsuit due to allegedly enrolling Amazon customers into Audible subscriptions without their permission. This is possible due to Amazon's [[forced retention of payment methods]] in which the company holds customers' card information for "faster checkout."

===Controversial encouragement of AI use===
As of 2025, Audible is planning to integrate AI Narration and Translation solutions later in the year, starting with a roll-out of select publishers,<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2025 |title=Audible Expands Catalog with AI Narration and Translation for Publishers |url=https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |url-status=live |access-date=16 Sep 2025 |website=Audible |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260130185959/https://www.audible.com/about/newsroom/audible-expands-catalog-with-ai-narration-and-translation-for-publishers |archive-date=30 Jan 2026}}</ref> which has been met with criticism by numerous writers, translators, and voice actors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knight |first=Lucy |date=13 May 2025 |title=Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |url-status=live |access-date=16 Aug 2025 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260215234557/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/may/13/audible-unveils-plans-to-use-ai-voices-to-narrate-audiobooks |archive-date=15 Feb 2026}}</ref>


==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Amazon]]

ASUS charges for previously free service

2026-03-05T02:10:38Z

Marc84: /* References */ Add image archive links.

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=ASUS
|StartDate=2023-5
|EndDate=
|Status=Active
|ProductLine=ROG, Zenfone
|Product=
|ArticleType=
|Type=Digital Restrictions, False Advertising, Firmware Lockout
|Description=On May 2023, without giving a notice to the users, ASUS removed the ability for owners of the Zenfone and ROG Android phones to access the bootloader tools. As a follow-up, in Early 2024, ASUS began charging 185 euros for bootloader unlocking.
}}
The ASUS boot loader unlocking tool disappearing is a prime example of how device ownership rights have eroded, where functionality that was present at the time of sale is no longer present years down the line.

==Background==
[[ASUS]] used to provide free bootloader unlocking capabilities for their Zenfone & Republic of Gamers (ROG) Android phones.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=C. Scott |date=2024-04-05 |title=ASUS refunds Zenfone buyer for failing to provide bootloader unlock tools as promised |url=https://www.androidauthority.com/asus-bootloader-unlock-settlement-3431818/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251215020008/https://www.androidauthority.com/asus-bootloader-unlock-settlement-3431818/ |archive-date=2025-12-15 |website=Android Authority}}</ref> This feature was actively advertised & was part of the company's appeal to tech-savvy consumers.

===Timeline of Events===
*In May 2023, ASUS disabled their bootloader unlocking tools without warning<ref name=":0" />
*The company began removing posts about bootloader unlocking from their ZenTalk forums<ref name=":0" />
*Forum moderators claimed the tools were "under maintenance" or being "overhauled for compliance reasons" without providing timeframes for restoration<ref name=":0" />
*By early 2024, ASUS began charging approximately €185 (excluding VAT) for bootloader unlocking<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-06 |title=Asus says they will unlock my bootloader for ...money. |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223031547/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 |archive-date=2026-02-23 |website=xdaforums.com}}</ref>

==Impact==
This issue goes over several key consumer protection concerns:

*'''Removal of Advertised Features''': The bootloader unlocking capability was an advertised feature that influenced people's buying decision, which was later removed.
*'''Lack of Transparency''': ASUS provided minimal communication about the change in policy, with documented cases of forum posts being removed & only vague explanations being provided.<ref name=":0" /> In one of their communications with a customer, they seem to have accidentaly shared internal communication templates revealing the discontinuation of the bootloader unlock tool, without making any public announcements.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-06 |title=UPDATE: Unoff.BL unlock 24.01.20. Asus CLOSED this method! |url=https://xdaforums.com/t/update-unoff-bl-unlock-24-01-20-asus-closed-this-method.4649465/post-89761447/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/hIXtC |archive-date=2026-03-03 |website=xdaforums.com}}</ref>
*'''Monetization of Previously Free Features''': The transition from a free service to a paid one, costing €185 (excluding VAT), is a significant change in the product's pricing structure after purchase<ref name=":1" />
*'''Extended Device Lifespan Impact''': The change affects consumers' ability to maintain & update their devices beyond ASUS's official support window, which has been documented as "one of the worst software support commitments in the Android world"<ref name=":0" />
[[File:Lawsuit against asus over bootloader unlocking.jpg|thumb|Document of customer small claims suit against ASUS over bootloader unlocking. Credit Mishaal Rahman on twitter<ref>https://x.com/MishaalRahman/status/1776306579979047083 ([https://ghostarchive.org/archive/TFKv1 Archived] 2026-03-03 through GhostArchive)</ref> for this document showing the customer suit against ASUS]]
[[File:ASUS concedes defeat to customer who filed small claims court suit.png|alt=email from ASUS in response to customer small claims suit against ASUS over bootloader unlocking. |thumb|email from ASUS in response to customer small claims suit against ASUS over bootloader unlocking. Credit to Mishaal Rahman on twitter for providing the screenshot. <ref>https://x.com/MishaalRahman/status/1776306579979047083/photo/1 ([[:File:Lawsuit against asus over bootloader unlocking.jpg|Lawsuit photo archived]] and [[:File:ASUS concedes defeat to customer who filed small claims court suit.png|response letter photo archived]].)
</ref>]]

==Legal Implications==
This led to at least one successful legal challenge. In March 2024, a UK customer took ASUS to small claims court over this and got a full refund for both the device & the court fees, totaling £770 (~$973). This case potentially sets a precedent for other consumers affected by the policy change.<ref name=":0" />

===Consumer Response===
The response from the consumer community has been notably negative, with documented concerns about:
*The high cost of the unlocking service (€185 excluding VAT)<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/post-89720356 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260223031547/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 Archived])</ref>
*The principle of charging for a previously free feature<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260215232054/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 Archived])</ref>

===EU Warranty Implications===
This has additional implications in the European Union, where:
*It is illegal to deny warranty repairs based on software modifications<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260215232054/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 Archived])</ref>
*ASUS has been reported to deny warranty service for devices with unlocked bootloaders, despite this legal protection<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260215232054/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 Archived])</ref>
*The company has offered "one time warranty repairs" with the condition of relocking the bootloader<ref>https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/ ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260215232054/https://xdaforums.com/t/asus-says-they-will-unlock-my-bootloader-for-money.4685488/#post-89720356 Archived])</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Modern consumer exploitation]]
[[Category:Asus]]
[[Category:Software control]]
[[Category:Right to repair]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-03-03T01:40:10Z

Marc84: /* The list */ Update page archive status

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/03/02
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS "sliding clip" battery connector defect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
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|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive (Note: No archival possible for Flock link [url excluded from IA])
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
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|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
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|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ILife]]||N/A||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
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|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
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|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
|-
|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
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|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
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|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
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|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
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|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
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|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
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|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
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|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[PayPal requests ID post-purchase for cryptocurrency]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Richard Stallman]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Right to own]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Right to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Riot Vanguard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rivian]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Robinhood Financial]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Roblox's problematic moderation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Roborock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rocksmith]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Rohde & Schwarz]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Rovio]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ryanair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[STMicroelectronics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Bothersome visual and audible pop up every 2 hours on certain TV models]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Frame TV asks for subscription to view photos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung Odyssey]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung SmartCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Samsung TVs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung ads in refrigerators]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Samsung sued over S22 performance throttle]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Sandisk Wireless Flash Drives]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sassy Saints review copyright claim]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Scopely, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Scribd]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seagate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Seattle Avionics]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SecuROM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Secure boot]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Securities and Exchange Commission search tools]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Security through obscurity]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-destructive design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Self-hosting]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sengled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Serato DJ Pro / DJM-S11]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sevenhugs Smart Remote products discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sezzle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shopee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Shortage of medical ventilators during COVID-19 pandemic]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Shrinkflation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sideloading]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sig Sauer]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Signal cloud backups]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SiriusXM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Sketchfab]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[Skoda Citigo Move&Fun app discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||
|-
|[[SkyDrop (Smart Irrigation)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Slashdot websites require TOS acceptance without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smart meter]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartaira & plume wifi motion detection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Smartwool]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Smartwool adds forced arbitration to EULA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Smartyplus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Snapchat]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Software as a service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Software bricking]]||N/A||
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|[[Software locks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SolaX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sonos]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Sophos Limited]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SoundCloud]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spectrum]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Spore (game)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Spotify]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spotify Car Thing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Spyware]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[StarForce Technologies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Star Citizen]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Starlink]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Starlink replaces subscription pause with $5/mo low speeds]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[SteelSeries]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stellantis]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis Customer Data Breach]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stellantis in-car advertisements]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stop Killing Games]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storefront shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Storj.io constantly removes free or low cost services]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Stripe inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subaru Starlink]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Subscription service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[SumUp blocks card readers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[SunStrong Management LLC puts solar monitoring app behind paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiffer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Swiggy and Zomato refuse to refund customers for cancelled orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Switch Game Key-Card]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile US]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[T-Mobile T-Life app screen recording controversy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TD Ameritrade]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[TP-Link]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tado]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Take Two]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Target]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tea Dating Advice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Team17]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TeamViewer]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Teamviewer Terminates Perpetual Licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tekken 8 retroactively introducing micro transactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telecom Egypt]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Telegram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Telstra]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Temu]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terms of service]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Tesla, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tesla Cybertruck voids warranty if Powershare feature is used]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla asks customers to vote against Right to Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla blames drivers for part failures it admits were defective]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla locks heated rear seats behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesla locks horsepower behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tesla Powerwall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tesvor x500]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Consumer Complaint Portal]]||{{Yes}}||Megalodon
|-
|[[Texas Instruments]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Texas Senate Bill 2420 (2025)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The Economist]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[The Italian digital identity wallet only supports Google-certified Android devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[The US undermines the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework with the EU by firing PCLOB staff]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[The rights of residential and holiday mobile homeowners (England)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thrive Market]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Thunderbird]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[TikTok]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Tim Hortons App Collects User Data Without Consent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tinder]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tom Evans Audio copyright strike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Tonies]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Top Contributors]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[TracFone Wireless, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Trump Mobile]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Trusted computing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Turkcell Superonline]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Tuya Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Twitch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[UK Online Safety Act]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[UPS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[USAGov]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[US Mobile]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Reveddit
|-
|[[Uber]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Uber EULA precludes jury trial]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Ubisoft forces players in single-player games to be connected to the internet to collect data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ubox / Anisee / RBX-B10 4G Low-Power Solar Wifi Security Camera]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[UniTranslate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Uniform Commercial Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[United Chargers Inc puts Open Source interface access behind paywall on Grizzl-E car chargers]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Unity Engine runtime fee]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Universal Music Group has a team dedicated to eroding fair use rights]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Urban Air Adventure Park]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[User testing for mandatory paid subscription into Tado Smart Thermostat app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[VMware]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VMware licensing change since acquisition by Broadcom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VOIPO overbills customers and denys refunds]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VPN Secure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRChat]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[VRS Sim Racing Wheel Base full torque locked behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Value based pricing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve allows ISPs and payment processors to censor content on Steam]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Valve removes arbitration requirement from Steam Subscriber Agreement]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Venmo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Veo paywalls camera features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verisk Analytics, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Verizon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Verkada Inc.]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VidIQ]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Video Games Europe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Video game preservation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Videos to Convert to Articles]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Viessmann]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virgin Media]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Virtual Racing School]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Visa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Visual Studio Code]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[VitalSource "Lifetime" false advertising]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vital Proteins sells products with terms and conditions inside the container]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Vitalant]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vivint Smart Home, Inc.]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Vizio]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archvie; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vizio fined by the FTC for collecting and selling user data without consumer consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Vizio sued over unfairly appropriated software for their SmartCast system]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Voice over LTE]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volkswagen locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Voluntary Recall of NVIDIA Shield K1 Tablets]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Volvo VIDA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Vont]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 14.)
|-
|[[Vulcan Strength]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Vultr]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[WKDA GmbH]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Wallbox Quasar]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Walmart]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Walmart's Onn devices bricked after update]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Waste ink counter]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Waymo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[WeTransfer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wemo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note:No archival possible for ref 22.)
|-
|[[Wemo discontinuation of service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki (Note: No archival possible for ref 10.)
|-
|[[Western Digital]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Whaling (gaming industry term)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube (Note: No archival possible for academic report 2) & 3) [Paywalled])
|-
|[[WhatsApp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Whistle pet tracker shutdown IoT fail]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wikipedia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Windows Mixed Reality (WMR) discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.todayl PreserveTube
|-
|[[Windows installation USB drives]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wink]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Winston-Salem Journal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Wondershare]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today; Preservetube
|-
|[[World of Warcraft]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Wyze]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[X Corp]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Xbox Network]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xcode]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xiaomi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Xiaomi Phone unlock requirements and procedure]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Xlear]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Yandex]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[YouTube]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[YouTube age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Yubo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ZEN.COM blocking access for users with custom OS]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Zyxel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|}

[[Category:Projects]]

Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym

2026-03-03T01:37:19Z

Marc84: /* References */ Add Reddit & archive links

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'''Derrimut 24:7 Gym''', an Australian gym chain that is marketed as offering round-the-clock access (with "24:7" in both its name and domain), suddenly announced reductions to operating hours February 2025. The change came with minimal advance notice and shortly after a major membership sale, raising concerns about potential bait-and-switch tactics.

===Background===

Derrimut 24:7 Gym operates many gyms across Australia, with its core brand identity built around 24-hour access. Their marketing materials, website, & even company name emphasized this feature as a primary selling point.<ref name="website-current">Derrimut 24:7 Gym. (2025, February 28). Homepage. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251116174344/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ Archived])</ref>

One customer testimonial featured prominently on their website specifically highlighted the value of overnight staffing: "I love that this gym has staff even at 12 am. It makes it so safe and I don't stress about time at all now."<ref name="testimonial">Derrimut 24:7 Gym. (2025, February). Customer testimonial from Tooba Jalali. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251116174344/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ Archived])</ref>

===The Incident===

In late February 2025, Derrimut notified members that effective March 3, 2025, several gym locations would no longer operate 24/7. The new hours would be limited to 6am-10pm on weekdays and 8am-5pm on weekends.<ref name="reddit-post">u/brawdogger. (2025, February 25). Derrimut gyms no longer 24 hours, False advertising? [Reddit post]. r/Adelaide. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/1ixq37n/derrimut_gyms_no_longer_24_hours_false_advertising/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20250322093931/https://old.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/1ixq37n/derrimut_gyms_no_longer_24_hours_false_advertising/ Archived])</ref>

This change was announced:
*Just 6 days before implementation
*Approximately 5 days after their "cheapest sale ever" ended
*Without offering automatic refunds or compensation for reduced service

Affected locations included multiple gyms across Adelaide, including Melrose Park, Port Adelaide, Seaford Meadows, Smithfield, Rundle Mall, and Welland, as well as locations in other states.<ref name="reddit-comment">{{Cite web |last=brawdogger x-post from Adelaide |last2=ra1k_0 |date=2025-02-25 |title=Derrimut gyms no longer 24 hours, False advertising? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/AusLegal/comments/1ixqkvb/derrimut_gyms_no_longer_24_hours_false_advertising/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250225092710/https://www.reddit.com/r/AusLegal/comments/1ixqkvb/derrimut_gyms_no_longer_24_hours_false_advertising/ |archive-date=2025-02-25 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

Following member backlash, Derrimut sent follow-up emails stating they would transition to key fob access systems within 2-4 weeks that would restore 24/7 access.<ref name="followup-email">{{Cite web |last=whitt_wan |last2=PhotojournalistAny22 |date=2025-02-25 |title=Derrimut backflip |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/1iyf6ye/derrimut_backflip/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250228142344/https://www.reddit.com/r/Adelaide/comments/1iyf6ye/derrimut_backflip/ |archive-date=2025-02-28 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref>

===Website Changes===
[[File:Screenshot of derrimut gym website from november 2024.png|alt=screenshot of Derrimut gym website from november 2024 listing 24/7 access with no qualifiers. note the mention of a sale, as well|thumb|Screenshot of Derrimut gym website from November 2024 listing 24/7 access with no qualifiers. note the mention of a sale, as well <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241101023820/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251116174344/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ Archived])</ref>]]
A comparison of Derrimut's website before and after this incident reveals the modifications:
[[File:Derrimut gym February 2025 website.png|alt=Shortly after the sale was over, Derrimut added a qualifier of '"Selected locations" under 24/7 access in small text. |thumb|Shortly after the sale was over, Derrimut added a qualifier of '"Selected locations" under 24/7 access in small text. <ref>https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251214064258/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ Archived])</ref>]]
*'''November 2024 (archived)''': Website advertised "24 / 7 Access" without qualifications<ref name="archived">Internet Archive. (2024, November 1). Derrimut 24:7 Gym homepage. Retrieved February 28, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241101023820/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251116174344/https://www.derrimut247.com.au/ Archived])</ref>
*'''February 2025 (current)''': Website now shows "24 / 7 Access *Selected Locations"<ref name="website-current" />

This qualifier was added only after the controversy occurred, and after the end of a sale that attracted many gymgoers based on the 24 hour policy.

===Consumer Impact===

The change hurts:
*Shift workers who relied on overnight access
*Early morning exercisers (before 6am)
*Late night gym-goers (after 10pm)
*Weekend users, especially on Sunday afternoons (closed at 5pm)

Many members reported having specifically chosen Derrimut over competitors due to the 24/7 access, with some having recently signed year-long contracts during the sale.

===Consumer Protection Broader issue===

This incident is indicative of the broader trend of companies trying to change the terms of the sale, after the sale. They use:
#Broadly-worded contract terms that contradict core advertised features
#Quiet website modifications after controversy erupts
#Post-purchase service alterations without proportionate refunds
#Using the company's own financial challenges as justification for reducing service

===References===
<references />

[[Category:Service Alterations]]
[[Category:Fitness Industry]]
[[Category:False Advertising]]
[[Category:Australia]]

Projects:Archive everything

2026-02-24T23:11:13Z

Marc84: /* The list */ Update archive status for few pages

This project aims to get as many reference links as possible on the wiki switched over to archival links, instead of live links.

== The need to fight link rot ==
Everywhere on the internet, you get link rot - where linked pages either get taken offline, or changed, and the link is no longer useful for its original purpose. Link rot is a doubly serious issue for the Consumer Rights Wiki, as fairly substantial points of fact about companies or incidents may hang on our references, which will often point to a company's own website. The best available way to counter link rot is through archival, and this page serves as a hub for making sure every wiki article has its references archived.

Of particular importance are any links to central pieces of evidence used to support a claim of fact related to something a company has said or done, especially if it is on the website of a company, and can be taken down by them at any time. A reference supporting a more commonly available and frequently changing fact like 'Apple's market cap is $x' is not as important to archive as a company's FAQ, but it certainly won't hurt to do so.

Certain webpages are un-usable when archived, typically due to paywalls or embedded dynamic content, and archival may not be appropriate for links leading to this kind of page. Some webpages require the use of a specific archival service (e.g. PreserveTube for YouTube links). To archive pages behind registration or date-of-birth walls that archival services cannot bypass, make a screenshot of the content after getting past the wall and upload it to Consumer Rights Wiki; content hosted on the wiki may serve as an archival of ''last-resort'', but ideally, proper archival services should be used where possible.

== What you need to do ==
The best possible option is to archive a site in as many places as possible, but any archival link is much better than none at all.

The '''minimum''' correct formatting for an archived citation requires the title, url, archive-url, and archive-date fields and will look something like this:

<code><nowiki><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAQ – End of operations |url=https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250923061946/https://www.spexor-bosch.com/en/faq/faq-end-of-operations/ |archive-date=23 Sep 2025}}</ref></nowiki></code>

The full list of possible additional fields can be found here: {{Wplink|Template:Cite web}}. All you need to do is archive the relevant un-archived webpage (or find an archived copy closer to the date the reference initially accessed it), and then update the reference with the archival link.

This can either be done through the source editor (in which case citations will look like the text block above) or through the visual editor's citation tool (this can be found by clicking Insert -> More... -> Citation, or pressing crtl+shift+k).

=== Archival services ===
* [https://web.archive.org/ Internet Archive] – Primary, most popular archival service, sometimes throttles/blocks VPN IPs.
* [https://ghostarchive.org/ Ghost Archive] – Secondary archival service.
* [https://megalodon.jp/ Megalodon] – Secondary, Japanese archival service.
* [https://preservetube.com/ PreserveTube] – Specifically for archiving YouTube videos.
* [https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Special:Upload Consumer Rights Wiki] – Upload screenshots of pages for direct quoting or if an archival service cannot get past something like a registration-wall. Do not upload more of an article than is necessary for supporting the citation.

'''Archive.today has been deprecated.''' This is because they weaponised their site's visitors to DDOS some guy's blogs for bizarre internet argument reasons (which calls into question the reliability of the maintainer and site, and the ethics of using it), and it's also been alleged that they have tampered with archive pages, which hurts our ability to rely on the site as an archive which can be used to actually verify things and support the claims made in articles.

As archive.today is run by one person who has now brought a lot of scrutiny onto themselves through their actions, there's also a very real risk that they just take the site down, so where practical it would be sensible to migrate links archived using archive.today to an alternate archiving service.

The result of the Wikipedia community's discussion on this matter can be found {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Archive.is_RFC_5|here}}.

For guidance on replacing Archive.today links, see {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance|here}}.

==The list==
Below is a table of all pages on the wiki, and the current status of their references.

Pages that are missing a references section or have an empty references section are listed as "N/A" as they either do not have links that need archiving, or if they do then those links need to be correctly moved to the references section and/or the page completed/cleaned/reformatted before adding archived links, which is beyond the scope of this project (See [[:Category:Articles in need of additional work]]). This may change if references are properly added to these pages in the future.

Last updated on 2026/02/24
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Page Name!!References Archived?!!Archived By
|-
|[[1Password]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[2021 WhatsApp privacy policy updates]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[3B CPAP Devices (3b Medical) (ReactHealth)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[3CX]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[4k Video Downloader+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[5CA]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ADDW car systems legislated in the EU]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AEG Power Tools 58V Product Line Discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AMD]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ASUS downgrades a well-reviewed monitor panel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AT&T]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ATSC 3.0]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AWS Lightsail Won't Cancel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Acer Leap Ware smartwatch bricked by discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Acer settles online breach probe for $115k]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Activision Blizzard account lock and forced arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Activision discontinues Blur video game]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ad block]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Adobe CS Activation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Digital Editions' ebook DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe Lightroom]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe ToS update gives the company rights over consumers' works]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Adobe sued by FTC over hidden fees in subscription plans]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Advertising overload]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Age verification]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[AirAsia]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Airpods]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Airthings ASA app release]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Akelius]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Alliance Laundry Solutions and Speed Queen]]||N/A||
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|[[Allstate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Alltech Services Inc]]||N/A||
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|[[Ally Financial]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ally Invest Securities]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon Echo changes terms of voice usage]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon Kindle removes download feature of purchased books]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon PhotosPlus discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon allows fraudulent product page after manual review]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon alters the content of purchased ebooks]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon locks home owner out of Amazon account over allegation by Amazon delivery driver]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Amazon revokes access to their Appstore on non-Amazon devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Amazon sued for enrolling and charging customers into Audible without consent]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Amazon to charge non-Prime consumers to use Alexa]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ancestry.com]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android Data Collection]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
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|[[Android Developer Verification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Android System SafetyCore]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anker Battery Bank Recall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anova Culinary]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Anthem]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthem server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Anthropic]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Anti-Cheat Expert]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Megalodon
|-
|[[Anti-privacy legislation]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Apple]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's anti-repair and anti-refurbishment practices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple's planned obsolescence incidents]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple App Store]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Gatekeeper]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Apple Media Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple Self Service Repair]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple TV+]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apple authorized service provider program]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Apps deliberately refusing to work on modded devices]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Ariston]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Consumer Rights Wiki
|-
|[[Arlo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Article suggestions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Artificial intelligence/training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Assioma]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus]]||N/A||
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|[[Asus Charges for Free Service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Asus voids warranty of devices sent for repair over minor damages and performs unrelated repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Asustor Drivestor NAS]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audi Basic HVAC "Sync" Function Paywalled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible class action lawsuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Audible subsidizes its streaming plan via premium credits]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Australia Competition and Consumer Act 2010]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autel - Otofix]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion360 EOL on Intel based macOS systems running open core legacy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Autodesk Fusion EOL on Intel based MacOS systems running OpenCore legacy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automatic content recognition]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Automotive digital rights management]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Axis]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW's heated seat subscription]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BMW's high beam assistant(HBA)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW API restrictions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BMW feature lockout scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BTicino/Legrand/Netatmo Zigbee devices refuse to connect to third-party gateways]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Backdoor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bait-and-switch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Balena]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bambu Farm Manager]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bambu Lab LAN mode guide]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandai Namco EULA]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bandicam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bandicam perpetual license invalidation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery Health Assistance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Battery firmware lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Belkin]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Best Buy]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Best Buy discontinuation of Insignia Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BetterHelp]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Better Way Electronics]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bitly]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bitly QRCodeGenerator.com QR code lockout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bitly QR Code Preview Page Advertising]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlackVue]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Blink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloatware]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bloomberg]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Blu-Ray Ultra-HD DRM]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueCruise hands-free driving]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[BlueDriver OBD2 scanner now requires account login and collects data]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bootloader unlocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bosch]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Bosch Cloud Dishwasher Incident]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Bosch Spexor]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Bose QuietComfort Sleepbuds doesn't allow purchasing new case]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Bose SoundTouch end of life treatment]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[BowFlex, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Box Tops for Education]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brainly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brave browser]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brilliant]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Broadband choice reduction by Brendan Carr's FCC]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Broadcom Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother Industries Ltd.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother Refresh EZ Print Subscription Service]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Brother DCP-L3550CDW aftermarket toner failure]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Brother printers causing issues with third party inks]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bumpgate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bungie]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Bureau of Consumer Protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Buy now, pay later]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Buy one, get one free]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ByteDance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CARIAD]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CF Moto puts previously included features behind paywall]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[COBB Tuning]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[California Privacy Rights Act]]||N/A||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cambridge Analytica Scandal]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cameras bricked on iPhone 13 series after iOS update]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cami Research]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian Bill S-209]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian bread price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Canon]]||N/A||Internet Archive; Preserve Tube
|-
|[[Canon Camera Connect]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canon EOS Webcam Utility patch guide]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Canon ink DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canonical]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Canva Affinity Studio adds arbitration clause]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Capital One]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Capital One Shopping]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Carly]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Caveat emptor]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cerberus Phone Security Login with ad blocker no longer possible]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[CgNAT]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chamberlain Group]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Change.org]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Charles Schwab]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Chase Bank]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Chrome OS ends support for school Chromebooks]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Chromium]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Cinemark]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Circular economy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Smart Licensing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cisco Systems, Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Class action]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clearview AI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Click-to-cancel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Click Adventure Scam Game: Draining Consumer Wallets and Bypassing Steam Security]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clip Studio Paint changes perpetual license to subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Clippy Campaign]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Cloud (service)]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Cloudflare]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Clover Network, Inc.]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Coffee Meets Bagel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Colgate]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Collective Shout]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Comcast]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commercial weather apps lose summary proceedings]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Common Questions, Arguments, & Responses when discussing Flock Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; archive.today; PreserveTube
|-
|[[Commonwealth Bank collection of Biometric Data]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[CompTIA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ConnectedLife SmartDry discontinuation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consent-or-pay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Consumer Advice (UK)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Consumer Defense Code]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Consumer Technology Association]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Costco]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Costco's collection and sharing of data through Meta's tracking pixel]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Covert web-to-app tracking by Meta and Yandex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cox Communications]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crash Team Racing]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Crave app refuses televisions based on production date]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Creality forces update that removes features from their 3D scanners]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Creative Fabrica licensing risks and ownership verification concerns]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cricut]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Cryptic Studios]]||N/A||
|-
|[[CursorAI adds rate limits to unlimited plans]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DAZN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DCS sues Small YouTuber for accurate product review showing battery issues & misleading warranty]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[DJI]]||N/A||
|-
|[[DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DJI Ronin RS4 Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[DSGVO-Portal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Daily Wire + lifetime Membership Terms Scope of the Subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dark pattern]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Data brokers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Data lock-in]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[De-anonymization]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Dead star server shutdown]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deceptive language frequently used against consumers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Deep Cycle Systems]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deerrun walking pads & treadmills startup]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Delisting and shut down of Age of Empires 3]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denon HEOS Speakers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Denuvo Anti-Tamper]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Derrimut Gym revokes 24/7 access after running sale promoting 24/7 access gym]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Deutsche Kreditbank (DKB)]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Device bricking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Device fingerprint]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Device lifecycle]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Deye]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dictionary.com shuts down premium app after selling lifetime subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital Fairness Act]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Digital Markets Act]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Digital rights management]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Disabling online features in retaliation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disc rot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Discontinuation bricking]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discontinuation of Samsung Gear 360 Software and Services]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Discord]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Disney+ Ad Policy Change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney+ Household Restrictions & Access Limitations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Disney requires an active subscription to delete a Disney+ account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Doordash]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Downloadable content]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[DuckDuckGo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Duolingo]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Duracell Energy EV Charger]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dymo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson V10/V11 trigger design]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson battery lifespan reduced by design and difficult to repair]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Dyson covers circuit board in glue]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Dyson ends relationship with third-party repair centers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[E-Bike Tuning Detection: Bosch and Yamaha’s Anti-Tampering Systems]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EA moves to in-house kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA releases source code of classic command and conquer titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EA requires open beta players of battlefield 6 to change their motherboard bios settings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EBay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EBay opts-in users for AI training]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[EINSTAR VEGA hidden activation requirement before file transfer is enabled]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EO]]||N/A||
|-
|[[EU enforcement actions against Shein for consumer rights violations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EVGA]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EZVIZ]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Echelon fitness firmware lockout]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ecoflow]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EduVULCAN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Eight Sleep]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electron]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Electronic Arts]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Elgato forces Stream Deck users to sign up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Elsagate]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Emerson Sensi Smart Thermostat - ST55U]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[End-user license agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Enshittification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Entities refusing to distribute copyleft licensed software under license terms]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Epic Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epic Games forces third party account creation in Rocket League]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Epson printer waste ink counter restrictions]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Etoro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Eufy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Europe-based news sites enact consent-or-pay for data tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[European Consumer Centre on the Lack of Quality Standards for Exalted Skins]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[EviCore]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Excessive data collection by cars]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Extron]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[F1TV concurrent streams limit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FTC sues PepsiCo for rigging Soft Drink Competition]]||N/A||
|-
|[[FUTO]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fake memory still being sold on eBay and Amazon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fal (AI company)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[False advertising]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Fandom]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fear of missing out]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Features on demand]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Federal Communications Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Federal Trade Commission]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ferrari]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Figma]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode"]]||{{Yes}}||PreserveTube; Internet Archive
|-
|[[Fiio]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Filmora lifetime licenses terminated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Final Draft software activation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial Industry Regulatory Authority]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Financial censorship]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Firefox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Firefox introduces TOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[First-sale doctrine]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fisher price smart app]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Fitbit]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 Battery Performance Program]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flat Earth Clock App]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock Safety]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Flock Safety Nova uses dark web data for surveillance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Flock license plate readers]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced app download]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced eSIMs]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced identification]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Forced indemnification]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Forced retention of payment methods]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford ad patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ford repossession patent]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Formlabs]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fossify]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[FreePhoneLine revokes Lifetime VoIP service for monthly subscription model]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Free software movement]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Friend app]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Frontier Airlines Obfuscates Web Check-in Form]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Fujifilm Instax Cameras]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Funimation "Forever" Content License Revocation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Future Motion]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Futurehome Smarthub mandatory subscription fee]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[GE Refrigerator water filter DRM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GREE Electric]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive, Consumer Rights Wiki, Archive.today
|-
|[[Gaia GPS adds "feature" that opts all users into social media profile and location/activity sharing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Game-of-telephone privacy policy]]||N/A||
|-
|[[GameSpy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameSpy server shutdown]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[GameStop]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[GameStop Short Squeeze]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Games as a service]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Geeni]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[General Data Protection Regulation]]||{{No}}||
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|[[General Electric Refrigerators]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[General Motors]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[General Motors (OnStar)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[General Motors data collection and sharing controversy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Generative artificial intelligence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Genshin Impact]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Gigantti pressured additional subscriptions]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Gillette]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GitHub]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Glance]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Glasswire]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GoGuardian]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[GoIt changing its warranty conditions post-sale]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GoPro]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[GoPro Karma]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GoTo Group]]||N/A||
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|[[Good2Go Mobile (Canada) phases out 3G network, Merges with LuckyMobile]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Goodlife now require App to access gyms]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Android restrict app sideloading]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Chrome]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Chrome automatically disables uBlock Origin]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Chromebook]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Gemini]]||N/A||
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|[[Google Jamboard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google LSA terms of service change]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
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|[[Google OnHub]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Pixel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Pixel Watch]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google Play Integrity API]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google asserts the right to seize phones during repairs]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Google password manager overrides third-party autofill]]||{{No}}||
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|[[GrapheneOS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Greenwashing]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Groupon]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Guardzilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Guide - Windows 10 end of support]]||N/A||
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|[[HBO Max]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription]]||{{No}}||
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|[[HNGRYnsite Camera: From smart kitchen aid to e-waste]]||{{No}}||
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|[[HP Dynamic Security]]||{{No}}||
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|[[HP Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap Guide]]||N/A||
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|[[HP Instant Ink]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[HP Printers locking functionality behind ink availability]]||{{No}}||
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|[[HP Reverb G2]]||{{No}}||
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|[[HP adds 15 minutes to all customer service phone calls]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HP systemic DRM and firmware lockouts]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Happiest Baby]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Helldivers 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[HelloSimply.com]]||N/A||
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|[[HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe]]||N/A||
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|[[Hidden EULA language]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hikvision]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Hisense H9G Smart TV]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Hogwarts Legacy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Home Bargains]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Home Connect]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Honda]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Honey browser plugin controversy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Huawei]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Humane Inc.]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Humble Bundle]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Humble Bundle alters terms of sale]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Hyundai Ioniq 5 N brake pad repair restrictions]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ICloud]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ID.me]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IFTTT]]||{{No}}||
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|[[IFTTT discontinued Legacy plan]]||{{No}}||
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|[[IKEA]]||{{No}}||
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|[[IKEA ÅSKVÄDER]]||{{No}}||
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|[[ILife]]||N/A||
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|[[IPhone 6 error 53 fingerprint sensor incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[IRobot]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Imgur]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Inactive account deletion]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Inclusion of forced arbitration in Crunchyroll January 2025 TOS update]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Indeed Forced Arbitration & bundling of consent]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Infomaniak]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Insta360]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Insta360+]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Insta360 X5]]||N/A||
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|[[Instagram]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Intel]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Intel CPUs stability issue]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Interactive Brokers]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Interchangeable parts]]||N/A||
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|[[Internet Archive]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today; Ghost Archive
|-
|[[Internet of things]]||N/A||
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|[[Intuit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Itch.io]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Itron]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Jailbreak]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Jeep]]||{{No}}||
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|[[JetBlue Travel Credits]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[JetBrains retires CodeCanvas]]||{{No}}||
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|[[John Deere]]||{{No}}||
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|[[John Deere dealerships are lobbying against right to repair]]||{{No}}||
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|[[John Deere fails to uphold right to repair agreement]]||{{No}}||
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|[[John Deere security flaws exposed sensitive customer information]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kemper guitar amplifer modeler puts features behind paywall after firmware update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kerbal Space Program 2]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kernel level driver]]||N/A||
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|[[Keurig]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Keychron k13 pro]]||{{No}} ||
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|[[Keyshot]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Kia]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[KingSong]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Kroger Grocery store electronic shelf labels & facial recognition]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Kwikset Kevo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[LA Fitness makes it purposely difficult to cancel memberships]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG Bootloader incident]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG G4 malfunctions]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LG Television sale of personal data]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LG refrigerator warranty scandal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|-
|[[LaLiga forces Spanish ISPs to mass-block Cloudflare IPs during Soccer Games]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lamborghini]]||{{No}}||
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|[[LastPass]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lead plaintiff]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Leadwerks]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[League of Legends: Exalted Skins Exclusive Cosmetics]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Lebara]]||{{Yes}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Lemmy]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Lenovo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Mirage AR]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo Tablets (Android)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Lenovo X1 Carbon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Leo Express]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Liberty Safe]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lieferando]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Life360]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Life360 Terms of Service Forced Arbitration Agreement]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Lightspeed Aviation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Lincare Holdings Inc.]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Linea Sketch revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[LinkedIn]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of car models with anti-ownership and anti-privacy practices]]||N/A||
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|[[List of Google products]]||N/A||
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|[[List of companies]]||N/A||
|-
|[[List of discontinued online-only video games]]||N/A||
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|[[List of kernel-level anti cheats]]||N/A||
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|[[List of phones that do not allow bootloader unlock]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products and services with forced arbitration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[List of products and services with post-purchase license change]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of products bricked by discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[List of services without clear cancellation]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Litter Robot]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveRamp]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[LiveView Technologies AI Surveillance]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Logitech G HUB]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Logitech Harmony discontinuation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Louis Rossmann - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Loyalty cards]]||N/A||
|-
|[[MIRC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MagicGate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Magic Leap]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MakerBot]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Malicious compliance]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Malwarebytes]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[ManyCam]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mark Zuckerberg]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mastercard]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Maytag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mazda DMCA takedown of open source Home Assistant app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mazda remote-start subscription]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Medical equipment]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meetup.com account creation]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mega.io]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Memrise]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz EQS rear-wheel steering requires subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz locks horsepower behind paid subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mercedes Benz]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mercury Insurance]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Merkury Innovations]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Meta]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Meta AI permanent account suspensions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Microsoft Authenticator]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Copilot's recall feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Edge]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Office 365]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Microsoft account]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Microsoft ends use of bypassnro.cmd for Windows 11]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miele]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MikroTik ignoring WiFi disconnecting after firmware upgrade on hAP ax3 / ax2 / cAP ax]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Miku]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Miku Terms of Service and Arbitration]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Miku charges subscription for previously free features]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Milwaukee battery drm]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinIO Object Browser: Removal of Management Features]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft Beta pre-1.8's lack of authentication]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Minecraft LAN gameplay paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft account migration]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Minecraft enforcing undisclosed server EULA terms]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Minecraft post-purchase ownership rights changes]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MinestoreCMS converting your license without approval]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[MitID]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Model F Labs]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Moderation problems in online marketplaces]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Mojang]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mojang shuts down community-run Minecraft servers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Molekule threatens to remotely shut down their app if purifiers used with third party air filters]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monetization overload]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Monopoly]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Monoprice]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Motorola]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Movies Anywhere]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Mozilla]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Mullvad VPN]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[MyFitnessPal regressive upgrade]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NDAA has military right to repair stripped from it in favor of data as a service]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NOOK 1st gen devices end of life]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NOYB]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NProtect GameGuard]]||N/A||
|-
|[[NVWB response to the ruling in favor of KNMI]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZXT]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NZXT Flex]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NZ eRUC all-cars 24/7 GPS Surveillance proposal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nanoleaf]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[National Security Agency]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Neato cloud shutdown]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Negative option marketing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nestlé]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[NetLimiter]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Netatmo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix Games deactivated]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netflix delisting 23 game titles]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Netflix stream-quality controversy]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Netgate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Newag]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ngenic forces subscription on previously “lifetime” Tune customers]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nike Adapt: Smart shoes with app Integration and discontinuation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nikon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Nintendo's May 2025 Policy Updates]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3DS]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo 3rd party dock restrictions]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch Online]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nintendo Switch bans]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nissan shuts 2G car service in UK]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro PDF License Deactivating]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nitro Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nixplay]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Non-disclosure agreement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Non-fungible tokens]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[NordVPN]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Notability]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nothing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Nothing Phone (1)]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Now TV]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Nvidia]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia buys stake in Intel]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Nvidia threatens GamersNexus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Octopus Energy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Oculus (Meta) Quest 1 Deprecation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ofcom]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Okkazeo]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Ola Electric disables vehicle riding modes without MoveOS+ subscription]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OneDrive]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[OnePlus]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[OpenAI]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Opera]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Opt-out]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optimum]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Optus]]||N/A||
|-
|[[OtO Lawn discontinues solutions program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Other Channels - Video Directory]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Owlet Smart Sock 2 End of Support]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PCIe power connector design linked to melting GPU cables]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PEAK "Roots" Update]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PEAK (game)]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PETKIT Pura Max 2 — Region-Lock]]||N/A||
|-
|[[PFAS cover-up]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PHH Mortgage Corporation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PNC Bank]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PROCON]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Palantir]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Panasonic Lumix S5IIX]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Paragon NTFS software license invalidation]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Part pairing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Patreon]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PayPal]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PayPal Honey]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Payscore]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pearson]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Peloton]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Peloton removes Just Run feature]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Peloton used-equipment activation fee]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Personal Information Protection Act]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Philips Hue starts requiring an account for the hue app]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Photobucket]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pinterest]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Pitboss Grills]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Pixel 4a Battery Performance Program]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Pixel 5a]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Planned obsolescence]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PlayStation restricts how developers can give upgrades to "PS5" editions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Plex Media Server]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Pluralsight]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pluralsight revokes lifetime licenses]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Plutus]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Pocket Casts]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Podkicker Pro]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[PolarBackup - Cloud Storage]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Polestar 2]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Polestar paywalls performance update]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Positive practices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Predatory microtransactions]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Presonus removes VSL mixing app from VSL audio interfaces products line]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Price fixing]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Printer tracking dots]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Protection One 320P1 Security System]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Proton]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Protonmail]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Proven Industries v. Trevor McNally]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[PsychonautWiki Journal locks drug & interaction tracking behind Paywall]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Purism]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[QIDI 3D printer house fire]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Qantas sale of tickets for cancelled services (ghost flights)]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Qardio]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Qualcomm]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Quidd]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Razer]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Corp. Ends Software Degrading Consumer Devices]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Razer Pro Click and Pro Click Mini]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ReCAPTCHA]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reason Studios]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Reckon]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Shell tracker]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Red Sky Labs Muzio Player Premium post-purchase terms change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Red Ventures]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Redbox]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Remote disabling]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr]]||N/A||
|-
|[[RepairShopr data privacy]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Requirement for Canon EOS Webcam Utility subscription to enable webcam features on cameras]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[ResellerRatings]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retailers requiring police reports for missing items in orders]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Retroactive policy enforcement]]||N/A||
|-
|[[Retroid Pocket MINI Handheld]]||{{No}}||
|-
|[[Reverse engineering Bambu Connect]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
|-
|[[Reverse engineering vs illegal hacking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
|-
|[[Revolut blocked access for users with custom OS]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Ring]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Roblox]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Rockstar Games]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Roku]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3's camera gets artificially blocked after unlocking the bootloader]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Samsung self-repair program restrictions]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Save Wizard]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Screenshot blocking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
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|[[Seagate sells old hard drives as new]]||{{No}}||
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|[[SecuROM]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[SecuRam installs backdoor on ProLogic series safe locks]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Singapore police jail woman based on data stored in car infotainment system]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Sonos forces post-purchase privacy policy change]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Sony]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Sony's WF-1000XM4 earbuds]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Sony's attempted removal of "purchased" content]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Sony Playstation hardware bans from online services]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Sony Xperia turns camera monitor into subscription]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Sony x900h television]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Special event page:Forced installation of Flock cameras in Denver, Colorado]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Stångåstaden kickbacks and hidden rent]]||{{No}}||
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|[[Subway footlong pass ineligibility]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Terumo Cardiovascular discontinues third-party repair of System 1]]||N/A||
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|[[Tesla locks battery range behind paywall]]||{{Yes}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive
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|[[Tidal updates terms without explanation or opportunity to decline]]||{{No}}||
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|[[TikTok and AI-powered ad tracking]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Archive.today
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|[[Toyota]]||{{colortext|orange|Partially}}||Internet Archive; Archive.today
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|[[UK Mandatory Digital ID Rollout for Employment 2025]]||{{No}}||
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[[Category:Projects]]

GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase

2026-02-24T22:55:52Z

Marc84: /* References */ Added updated reference for BattleEye FAQ

{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Rockstar Games
|StartDate=2024-09-17
|EndDate=
|Status=
|ProductLine=
|Product=Grand Theft Auto V
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Anti-cheat, Forced Migration, Privacy,
|Description=
}}
'''Grand Theft Auto V''' was released in 2013. On 17 September 2024 (11 years after release), [[Rockstar Games]] implemented a controversial update that included a more invasive and dangerous [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] by BattlEye.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2024 |title=GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/271590/view/6356356787200715684?l=english |url-status=live |archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:GTAV_Title_Update_1.69_Notes.jpg |archive-date=2026-02-16 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref>

==Background==
This update retroactively restricted online usage on the [[Windows]] OS, despite being fully functional on alternative operating systems like Linux and SteamOS. Despite Rockstar's claim that ''GTA 5 Online'' is not supported by Steam Deck,<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2024 |title=Grand Theft Auto Online BattlEye FAQ |url=https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.ph/VyfFW |archive-date=2024-09-19 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Rockstar Games]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=Grand Theft Auto Online BattlEye FAQ (updated) |url=https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/1nenwhZlVrJY6CTFeSS2Fx/grand-theft-auto-online-battleye-faq |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-24 |website=[[Rockstar Games]]}}</ref> ''GTA 5 Online'' did work prior to this breaking change. Furthermore, BattlEye is compatible with Linux,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@TheBattlEye |date=24 Sep 2021 |title=BattlEye has provided native Linux and Mac support for a long time and we can announce that we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton). This will be done on an opt-in basis with game developers choosing whether they want to allow it or not. |url=https://x.com/TheBattlEye/status/1441477816311291906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:BattlEye_tweet.jpg |archive-date=2026-02-16 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> and compatibility can be enabled by an email to the BattlEye developers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=6 Nov 2021 |title=Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/supporting-linux-proton-and-the-steam-deck-with-battleye-is-just-an-email-away/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328091440/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/supporting-linux-proton-and-the-steam-deck-with-battleye-is-just-an-email-away/ |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref> yet Rockstar deliberately chooses not to take these minimal steps to enable support.

==Distributor and consumer responses==
===Valve's response===
In response, [[Valve]] issued refunds for some Steam Deck and Linux users<ref>{{Cite web |last=van der Merwe |first=Julian |date=19 Sep 2024 |title=Steam grants GTA V refunds after anti-cheat strands Steam Deck gamers in compatibility purgatory |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-grants-GTA-V-refunds-after-anti-cheat-strands-Steam-Deck-gamers-in-compatibility-purgatory.891105.0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250820215552/https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-grants-GTA-V-refunds-after-anti-cheat-strands-Steam-Deck-gamers-in-compatibility-purgatory.891105.0.html |archive-date=2025-08-20 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCheck}}</ref> based on some criteria, such as hours played on Linux / Steam Deck.

Additionally, anti-cheat systems can be incredibly invasive with the ability to scan users' files and processes, including hardware identifiers, according to the [[privacy policy]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://www.battleye.com/privacy-policy/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=BattlEye |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260115152809/https://www.battleye.com/privacy-policy/ |archive-date=15 Jan 2026}}</ref><blockquote>
*IP address
*Game identifiers (e.g., in-game name, account ID)
*Hardware device information and identifiers (e.g., serial numbers)
*Information about the running operating system
*Information about files and memory related to the game or operating system
*Information about running processes, drivers, and other executable code
*File names included in other information listed here, which might also contain your operating-system user name
</blockquote>

Because of the inherent privacy and security risks associated with kernel level anti-cheat, players and developers are demanding more transparency in the usage of kernel level software included in games. In response, Valve added a new transparency requirement for developers and publishers to disclose the use of more invasive kernel level anti-cheat solutions:<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857 ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251124033403/https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857 Archived])</ref>

<blockquote>We've heard from more and more developers recently that they're looking for the right way to share anti-cheat information about their game with players. At the same time, players have been requesting more transparency around the anti-cheat services used in games, as well as the existence of any additional software that will be installed within the game.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Going forward, when you submit a new game to Steam, '''if your game installs a client side, kernel mode anti-cheat, you will need to fill out this new field'''. We will be going through old games and contacting partners with games that fall into this category. If your game contains a client or server based anti-cheat that is not kernel based, submitting the field is optional but we generally think that any game that makes use of anti-cheat technology would benefit from letting players know.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Specifying Kernel-level Integration''' - Select this to let players know that your anti-cheat integration installs or modifies files at the OS kernel level for any modes of your game. This is automatically selected or disabled for the relevant common anti-cheat services in the drop-down menu.</blockquote>Kernel mode anti-cheat solutions carry inherently more risks to the player, as the anti-cheat installs drivers with elevated permissions and sometimes contains vulnerabilities<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soliven |first=Ryan |last2=Kimura |first2=Hitomi |date=24 Aug 2022 |title=Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus |url=https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=TrendMicro |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260102110031/https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html |archive-date=2 Jan 2026}}</ref> that can leave the user machine and data at risk, far beyond the risks when the software is isolated to user-mode permissions. Even Rockstar's own instructions suggest adding an exception to anti-virus, only increasing risk to players.<blockquote>While BattlEye is compatible with most antivirus software, you may run into issues if your antivirus does not recognize BattlEye. To avoid any potential problems, make sure to add BattlEye to your antivirus’ exception list.</blockquote>

==See also==
*[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Grand Theft Auto V]]
[[Category:BattlEye]]

Projects talk:Archive everything

2026-02-24T22:12:15Z

Marc84: /* Automation? List updating? */ Reply

==Note on this==

There are two main places to archive things, the Internet Archive, and archive.today if the IA says no (from my understanding). Would like to incorporate this into the article but have no clue how to lol. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

:Also, there is an IA extension which I use, it makes archiving extremely easy. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks! I'll add this into the 'What you need to do' bit [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 08:52, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
::Which extension do you use in particular? addons dot mozilla dot org has several and it would be useful to have a recommendation.
::By the way, Archive.today has a "Install Firefox Extension" button which leads to its github repo and the user can install it by Releases (right side), downloading the .zip and installing it through Manage your Add-Ons > Install from file. The explanation may be helpful for less tech-savvy wiki people. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 08:32, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Firefox: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/]
:::Chrome (ew): [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/waybackmachine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak?hl=en-US]
:::Rest can be found at bottom left of https://web.archive.org/ [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:01, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::worryingly, it looks like archive.today is down at the moment. I'm hoping this is not a permenant thing, as I think they were getting into some legal squabbles recently [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 17:46, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::::nvm, might just be a firefox thing? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 17:57, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::::up for me right now and I'm using LibreWolf (a fork of firefox). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:58, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:There's also https://preservetube.com/ and https://ghostarchive.org/ both of which I saw used to archive a few references, and had added to the list but unfortunately my edit updating the list entries all the way up to and including F was lost in a merge error. [[Special:Contributions/185.230.125.6|185.230.125.6]] 00:11, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
::Worth looking at for other options. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:38, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

==LIES!==

a lot of the ones that say "Yes" are not infact very yes.

[[1Password#cite_note-14]]

[[4k_Video_Downloader%2B#cite_note-4KVD-1]], [[4k_Video_Downloader%2B#cite_note-4KDL-2]]

[[Activision_Blizzard#cite_note-6]]

[[Adobe#cite_note-1]], [[Adobe#cite_ref-8]] [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:04, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

:please update before I call the police [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:05, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
::Archived em and updated the list accordingly, thanks for pointing them out since some of the older entries like those might be less accurate, cheers! (pls don't call the cops) [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 22:48, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
:::I nearly placed the call but the situation's resolved itself. good work people keep it up [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 09:43, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

==Should we archive videos?==

I was looking through the [[Amazon]] page and noticed there's nearly two dozen video references. Video files are way bigger than webpage snapshots, and it shows by PreserveTube being the only one listed on this page (implying that if there's another archive for that purpose, it's not too popular).

For references leaning more on video, would it be better for one to work toward finding non-video references as well? e.g. finding websites that Louis shows in his videos? It would be a mountain of work, but as the saying goes we can't put all our archive (eggs) in one basket (host). [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 18:12, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

:Yeah, I'd say that, where possible, we should prefer to archive webpages/documents over videos, especially when the it's the original/primary source and the video only references it. [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 15:10, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
::PreserveTube seems good for archiving videos. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:37, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

==Archive.today==

With the recent controversy (see the related {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 5|Wikipedia community conversation}}), where does that leave citations that have no easy replacement?

An example I have for this is the [[Vont]] article page that I created last year, specifically the passage regarding Vont's store page on Amazon and its activity. I first tried using Internet Archive, but it had resulted in an error — which led me to use Archive.today. And originally, I hadn't even planned on multiple captures but that changed when I noticed the postings looked different while I was drafting the article in my sandbox.

I just tried archiving their Amazon storefront page using the IA and it actually worked ''this'' time, so ''hopefully'' I'll be able to "re-build" the archival links that'll still illustrate the same point (see the [https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont archive.is history] for comparison). But if not, I would rather the citations be left alone in this instance.

Any other thoughts? — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 05:46, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:"[...] an analysis of existing links has shown that most of its uses can be replaced. Several editors started to work out implementation details during this RfC and the community should figure out how to efficiently remove links to archive.today."
:I think it wise to follow in the footsteps of this conclusion of the Wikipedia RFC: making a best-effort to replace all Archive.today links with alternatives. It will probably be a slow process anyhow, and any content that is difficult to archive on IA or elsewhere can be left until last, by which time hopefully we will have found a suitable Archive.today replacement for such content. [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 18:00, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

==Automation? List updating?==

I see many of the pages listed as not archived have been updated by [[User:Bananabot|Bananabot]] (usually early today), which is as its name implies, a bot.

Eg: [[Cerberus]], [[Cloudflare]], [[Denon HEOS Speakers]]

Is there a plan to segment pages into the ones humans need to add archive links to, vs ones that a bot can take care of? It's great if this task can be automated, and if so, it would be nice if we carbon-based contributors could focus on those pages the bot(s) can't handle. Or is there a way we ourselves can look at a page and determine that?

And when we add archive links, do we need to manually update "The list" with the new status for those pages? Or is the list updated through some automatic process periodically? (I looked at some history and can't tell.) Either way, could mention of that be added to the directions? Thanks! [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 20:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:Hi, I'd like to first say that Bananabot is not a bot made by the CRW team, it is made by [[User:Banana]] (who sounds pretty cool btw). I think we should manually update the table for now unless Banana wants to code that in themself. There's no plan to segment pages, we only recently got an archiving bot anyway. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:35, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
:The list is currently manually maintained, I think it would be lovely if it could be automated, it took a fair amount of human effort to initially fill it out and standardise its look.
:I'm not sure how Bananabot or similar work and which pages bots can or cannot handle. [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 20:37, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
::It would indeed be good, but it depends on whether Banana (who is simply a volunteer, not someone who is paid) wants to code it. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:44, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
:::Also, due to how archiving works, Bananabot is (i think) able to handle all pages the IA can. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 20:45, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
::::Bananabot can handle everything that IA can save. Right now limits are rate on IA itself (itgets rate limited + uploading takes quite a while). About project page table - I'll check out if I can automate it [[User:Banana|Banana]] ([[User talk:Banana|talk]]) 10:05, 24 February 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks for all the answers! And cool bot, @[[User:Banana|Banana]]. [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 22:12, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

Eight Sleep

2026-02-23T20:43:49Z

Marc84: /* References */ Added archive link. Fixed duplicate reference.

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'''Eight Sleep''' is an American company that develops smart mattresses and mattress covers with temperature control, sleep tracking, and health monitoring capabilities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York City, the company has raised over $260 million in venture funding and has generated over $500 million in cumulative Pod revenue to date.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-powered-startup-eight-sleep-fitness-funding/ |title=Eight Sleep Lands $100M In Fresh Funding To Help You Get A Better Night's Rest |website=Crunchbase News |date=2025-08-19 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251130111303/https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/ai-powered-startup-eight-sleep-fitness-funding/ |archive-date=30 Nov 2025}}</ref>

==Consumer impact summary==

*'''Retroactive subscription requirement:''' Around 2023, Eight Sleep implemented a mandatory subscription model, placing previously free features behind a paywall ranging from $199 to $299 annually.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-review/ |title=Eight Sleep Pod 5 Cover Review: Insights After Four Years as a User |website=Power Moves |date=2025-09-08 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251226054240/https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-review/ |archive-date=26 Dec 2025}}</ref>
*'''Security vulnerabilities:''' Security researchers discovered SSH backdoors and exposed AWS keys in February 2025 that could allow unauthorized access to customers' home networks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed |title=Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed |website=Truffle Security Co. |date=2025-02-21 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251114111323/https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*'''False discount allegations:''' A class action lawsuit filed in 2025 alleges the company engaged in deceptive pricing practices.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=2025-05-09 |title=Eight Sleep sued for alleged false discounts on luxury bedding products |url=https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/eight-sleep-sued-for-alleged-false-discounts-on-luxury-bedding-products/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260223042206/https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/eight-sleep-sued-for-alleged-false-discounts-on-luxury-bedding-products/ |archive-date=2026-02-23 |access-date=2025-09-12 |website=Top Class Actions}}</ref>
*'''Consumer complaints:''' The Better Business Bureau profile shows numerous complaints filed against the company, with issues including product failures after warranty expiration and poor customer service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228 |title=Eight - BBB Business Profile |website=Better Business Bureau |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240120002830/https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228 |archive-date=20 Jan 2024}}</ref>

==Incidents==

===Mandatory subscription model implementation===

Around 2023, Eight Sleep began requiring paid subscriptions to access features that were previously included with the purchase of their products.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eightsleep.com/blog/understanding-the-eight-sleep-membership/ |title=Understanding the Eight Sleep Membership |website=Eight Sleep |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260115210937/https://www.eightsleep.com/blog/understanding-the-eight-sleep-membership/? |archive-date=15 Jan 2026}}</ref> The company introduced three subscription tiers:

====Subscription requirements====
*'''Autopilot Standard''' ($199/year or $17/month): Required for first year of ownership for all new customers<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eightsleep.com/app-terms-conditions/ |title=Eight Sleep App Terms and Conditions |website=Eight Sleep |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251012101726/https://www.eightsleep.com/app-terms-conditions/ |archive-date=12 Oct 2025}}</ref>
*'''Autopilot Enhanced''' ($299/year or $25/month): Includes extended 5-year warranty
*'''Autopilot Elite''' ($399/year or $33/month): Premium features and support

====Features moved behind paywall====
According to user reports and product documentation, the following features that were previously free now require an active subscription:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yawnder.com/can-you-use-eight-sleep-without-subscription/ |title=Eight Sleep: Exclusive Insights on Using It Without Subscription |website=Yawnder |date=2024-07-16 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250715071638/https://yawnder.com/can-you-use-eight-sleep-without-subscription/ |archive-date=15 Jul 2025}}</ref>
*Autopilot (automatic temperature adjustments based on sleep patterns)
*Scheduled temperature changes
*Sleep stage tracking and metrics
*Heart rate and respiratory rate monitoring
*Health reports and sleep insights
*Vibration and thermal alarms
*Software updates and new features

Without a subscription, users can only manually adjust temperature through the mobile app.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-faq/ |title=Eight Sleep FAQs: 2025 Pod 5 Buyer's Guide |website=Power Moves |date=2025-07-21 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251206032338/https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-faq/ |archive-date=6 Dec 2025}}</ref>

====Consumer response====
The subscription requirement has generated significant criticism from consumers. Common complaints documented on Reddit and review sites include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mattressdigest.com/can-you-use-eight-sleep-without-subscription/ |title=Can You Use Eight Sleep Without Subscription? |website=Mattress Digest |date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250906161152/https://mattressdigest.com/can-you-use-eight-sleep-without-subscription/ |archive-date=6 Sep 2025}}</ref>
*Frustration that features advertised as included are now subscription-only
*The high cost of subscriptions on top of the initial purchase price ($2,000-$6,000)
*Inability to use basic features without maintaining internet connectivity
*Concerns about the product becoming unusable if the company discontinues service

====Industry comparison====
Eight Sleep's subscription model contrasts with competitors in the smart mattress market. Competitor Sleepme (makers of Chilipad and Dock Pro) explicitly markets their products as subscription-free alternatives.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sleep.me/chilipad-vs-eight-sleep |title=Chilipad vs. Eight Sleep Pod - Bed Cooling Systems |website=Sleep.me |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251221133944/https://sleep.me/chilipad-vs-eight-sleep |archive-date=21 Dec 2025}}</ref>

===Security vulnerabilities discovery===

In February 2025, security researcher Dylan Ayrey of Truffle Security published findings revealing multiple security vulnerabilities in Eight Sleep smart beds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed |title=Removing Jeff Bezos From My Bed |website=Truffle Security Co. |date=2025-02-21 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251114111323/https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>

====Key findings====
*'''SSH Backdoor:''' The firmware contains code allowing remote SSH access to customer devices through remote-connectivity-api.8slp.net, with public keys associated with eng@eightsleep.com, suggesting all engineering staff potentially have root access to customer devices.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hackster.io/news/dylan-ayrey-has-a-sleepless-night-thanks-to-an-ssh-backdoor-in-eight-sleep-smart-mattress-covers-d01055e4e1c6 |title=Dylan Ayrey Has a Sleepless Night Thanks to an SSH Backdoor in Eight Sleep Smart Mattress Covers |website=Hackster.io |date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250716085657/https://www.hackster.io/news/dylan-ayrey-has-a-sleepless-night-thanks-to-an-ssh-backdoor-in-eight-sleep-smart-mattress-covers-d01055e4e1c6 |archive-date=16 Jul 2025}}</ref>

*'''AWS Key Exposure:''' A valid Amazon Web Services key was discovered hardcoded in the firmware, accessible to anyone who downloaded it. While the key was revoked after disclosure, researchers noted it could have been used to access customer data or rack up significant AWS charges for the company.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cybernews.com/security/smart-bed-eight-sleep-contains-backdoor/ |title=$2,000 Eight Sleep bed contains hidden backdoors |website=Cybernews |date=2025-02-27 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251018083653/https://cybernews.com/security/smart-bed-eight-sleep-contains-backdoor/ |archive-date=18 Oct 2025}}</ref>

*'''Network Security Risks:''' The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to use the bed as a gateway device for lateral network attacks, potentially accessing other devices on the customer's home network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cybersecuritynews.com/vulnerability-in-internet-connected-smart-beds/ |title=Vulnerability in Internet-Connected Smart Beds Let Attackers Access Other Devices in Network |website=Cybersecurity News |date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250224143826/https://cybersecuritynews.com/vulnerability-in-internet-connected-smart-beds/ |archive-date=24 Feb 2025}}</ref>

====Technical implications====
According to the security researchers, the SSH backdoor enables:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-researcher-finds-vulnerability-in-internet-connected-bed-could-allow-access-to-all-devices-on-network |title=Security researcher finds vulnerability in internet-connected bed, could allow access to all devices on network |website=Tom's Hardware |date=2025-02-23 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112070911/https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/security-researcher-finds-vulnerability-in-internet-connected-bed-could-allow-access-to-all-devices-on-network |archive-date=12 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Remote code execution on customer devices
*Monitoring of sleep patterns and bed occupancy
*Access to biometric data collected by the device
*Potential pivot point to access other networked devices

The researchers compared the access level to Uber's controversial "God Mode," noting that any Eight Sleep engineer could theoretically monitor when customers are sleeping, detect multiple occupants, or determine when beds are unoccupied.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.techradar.com/pro/company-that-reportedly-supplied-doge-and-elon-musk-with-sleeping-solutions-found-to-have-huge-vulnerability-in-its-beds |title=Backdoor access and exposed key: Eight Sleep beds seemingly suffer some serious security liabilities |website=TechRadar |date=2025-03-01 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250503171614/https://www.techradar.com/pro/company-that-reportedly-supplied-doge-and-elon-musk-with-sleeping-solutions-found-to-have-huge-vulnerability-in-its-beds |archive-date=3 May 2025}}</ref>

====Company response====
Eight Sleep provided a statement to Hackster.io on February 24, 2025, claiming that the researcher's findings "do not reflect a legitimate security vulnerability but rather speculation without real-world implications." The company stated that "Eight Sleep devices are impenetrable to unauthorized individuals" but did not deny the presence of the SSH backdoor that would allow access by Eight Sleep's own engineers. The company added: "That said, we appreciate the work that security researchers do to ensure that companies continue to follow the best-in-class protocols for consumer safety."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hackster.io/news/dylan-ayrey-has-a-sleepless-night-thanks-to-an-ssh-backdoor-in-eight-sleep-smart-mattress-covers-d01055e4e1c6 |title=Dylan Ayrey Has a Sleepless Night Thanks to an SSH Backdoor in Eight Sleep Smart Mattress Covers |website=Hackster.io |date=2025-02-24 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250716085657/https://www.hackster.io/news/dylan-ayrey-has-a-sleepless-night-thanks-to-an-ssh-backdoor-in-eight-sleep-smart-mattress-covers-d01055e4e1c6 |archive-date=16 Jul 2025}}</ref>

The company did not indicate whether it planned to remove the SSH backdoor in future firmware updates, unlike competitor Sleep Number, which had removed similar backdoors after they were discovered in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/how-to-hack-a-smart-mattress/53232/ |title=How to hack an Eight Sleep smart mattress "Pod" |website=Kaspersky |date=2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251213073933/https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/how-to-hack-a-smart-mattress/53232/ |archive-date=13 Dec 2025}}</ref>

===False discount pricing lawsuit===

In 2025, consumers Tushar Chopra and Brian Delshad filed a class action lawsuit against Eight Sleep Inc. in California federal court, alleging the company engaged in deceptive pricing practices.<ref name=":0" />

====Allegations====
The lawsuit alleges that:
*Eight Sleep displays false reference prices on its website to create the illusion of discounts
*Products are listed with "continuous discounts" ranging from $50 to $200
*The reference prices used for comparison were never actual selling prices
*The scheme has affected hundreds of thousands of customers nationwide

The plaintiffs seek to represent a California class of consumers who purchased Eight Sleep products at represented discounts from inflated reference prices. They are suing for violations of California's unfair competition law, false advertising law, and consumer legal remedies act, as well as fraud.

===Amazon Web Services Outage Bricking Beds===
In October 2025, an [[Amazon]] Web Services (AWS) outage caused Eight Sleep beds to become bricked, preventing customers from adjusting settings. Some were stuck on a high heat setting or awkward recliner settings, making the beds potentially unusable until services were restored. Power cycling the bed might have made it usable again.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gault |first=Matthew |date=2025-10-22 |title=The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds |url=https://www.404media.co/the-aws-outage-bricked-peoples-2-700-smartbeds/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260222215925/https://www.404media.co/the-aws-outage-bricked-peoples-2-700-smartbeds/ |archive-date=22 Feb 2026|access-date=2025-10-23 |website=404 Media}}</ref>

==Company profile==

===Funding and valuation===
Eight Sleep has raised over $260 million across multiple funding rounds:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tracxn.com/d/companies/eight-sleep/__ES61NxOdtnaTPJG1gRZ86OKdaWqyKWGA6Vfecz3FolE/funding-and-investors |title=Eight Sleep - 2025 Funding Rounds & List of Investors |website=Tracxn |date=2025-08-19 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223042418/https://tracxn.com/d/companies/eight-sleep/__ES61NxOdtnaTPJG1gRZ86OKdaWqyKWGA6Vfecz3FolE/funding-and-investors#investors |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</ref>
*Series D (August 2025): $100 million led by HSG
*Series C (August 2021): $86 million led by Valor Equity Partners
*Total funding: $260+ million
*Valuation: Approximately $1 billion (doubled since 2021)

Notable investors include Founders Fund, Y Combinator, SoftBank, Khosla Ventures, and athletes including Formula 1 drivers Charles Leclerc and McLaren CEO Zak Brown.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/19/eight-sleep-grabs-100m-to-bring-ai-into-your-bed/ |title=Eight Sleep raises $100M to expand its AI-powered sleep tech |website=TechCrunch |date=2025-08-19 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251129083443/https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/19/eight-sleep-grabs-100m-to-bring-ai-into-your-bed/ |archive-date=29 Nov 2025}}</ref>

===Product line and pricing===
As of September 2025, Eight Sleep's main product is the Pod 5, launched in May 2025:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tomsguide.com/mattresses/eight-sleep-launches-pod-5-ultra |title=Eight Sleep launches new Pod 5 Ultra — a world-first fully immersive sleep system |website=Tom's Guide |date=2025-05-14 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251114195609/https://www.tomsguide.com/mattresses/eight-sleep-launches-pod-5-ultra |archive-date=14 Nov 2025}}</ref>
*Pod 5 Core (cover and hub): $2,849-$3,199
*Pod 5 Plus (adds blanket): $4,099-$4,599
*Pod 5 Ultra (adds adjustable base): $5,849-$6,099

All models require a first-year subscription starting at $199 annually.

==Consumer complaints and reviews==

===Better Business Bureau===
Eight Sleep has received numerous complaints through the Better Business Bureau as of September 2025. The company is not BBB accredited. Common complaint themes include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228/complaints |title=Eight - BBB Complaints |website=Better Business Bureau |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240120002830/https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228 |archive-date=20 Jan 2024}}</ref>
*Products failing shortly after warranty expiration
*Difficulty obtaining warranty service
*Poor customer service response times
*Issues with subscription billing and cancellation

===Product reliability concerns===
Multiple consumer reports document recurring issues with product durability:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228/customer-reviews |title=Eight - BBB Reviews |website=Better Business Bureau |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240120002830/https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228 |archive-date=20 Jan 2024}}</ref>
*Water leaks in the Pod cover system
*Hub failures after 2-3 years of use
*WiFi connectivity problems
*Temperature control malfunctions

The company's standard warranty is 2 years, which some consumers have criticized as insufficient for a product costing $2,000-$6,000. Extended warranties are available only through higher-tier subscriptions.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-faq/ |title=Eight Sleep FAQs: 2025 Pod 5 Buyer's Guide |website=Power Moves |date=2025-07-21 |access-date=2025-09-12 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251206032338/https://powermoves.blog/health/eight-sleep-faq/ |archive-date=6 Dec 2025}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Retroactively amended purchase]]
*[[Subscription creep]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.eightsleep.com Official website]
*[https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/removing-jeff-bezos-from-my-bed Truffle Security's security analysis]
*[https://www.bbb.org/us/ny/new-york/profile/mattress/eight-0121-166228 Better Business Bureau profile]
[[Category:Eight Sleep]]

Projects talk:Archive everything

2026-02-23T20:06:21Z

Marc84: /* Automation? List updating? */ new section

==Note on this==

There are two main places to archive things, the Internet Archive, and archive.today if the IA says no (from my understanding). Would like to incorporate this into the article but have no clue how to lol. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

:Also, there is an IA extension which I use, it makes archiving extremely easy. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 07:29, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks! I'll add this into the 'What you need to do' bit [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 08:52, 19 November 2025 (UTC)
::Which extension do you use in particular? addons dot mozilla dot org has several and it would be useful to have a recommendation.
::By the way, Archive.today has a "Install Firefox Extension" button which leads to its github repo and the user can install it by Releases (right side), downloading the .zip and installing it through Manage your Add-Ons > Install from file. The explanation may be helpful for less tech-savvy wiki people. [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 08:32, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::Firefox: [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/]
:::Chrome (ew): [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/waybackmachine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak?hl=en-US]
:::Rest can be found at bottom left of https://web.archive.org/ [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:01, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:::worryingly, it looks like archive.today is down at the moment. I'm hoping this is not a permenant thing, as I think they were getting into some legal squabbles recently [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 17:46, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::::nvm, might just be a firefox thing? [[User:Keith|Keith]] ([[User talk:Keith|talk]]) 17:57, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
::::up for me right now and I'm using LibreWolf (a fork of firefox). [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 17:58, 4 December 2025 (UTC)
:There's also https://preservetube.com/ and https://ghostarchive.org/ both of which I saw used to archive a few references, and had added to the list but unfortunately my edit updating the list entries all the way up to and including F was lost in a merge error. [[Special:Contributions/185.230.125.6|185.230.125.6]] 00:11, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
::Worth looking at for other options. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 06:38, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

==LIES!==

a lot of the ones that say "Yes" are not infact very yes.

[[1Password#cite_note-14]]

[[4k_Video_Downloader%2B#cite_note-4KVD-1]], [[4k_Video_Downloader%2B#cite_note-4KDL-2]]

[[Activision_Blizzard#cite_note-6]]

[[Adobe#cite_note-1]], [[Adobe#cite_ref-8]] [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:04, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

:please update before I call the police [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 19:05, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
::Archived em and updated the list accordingly, thanks for pointing them out since some of the older entries like those might be less accurate, cheers! (pls don't call the cops) [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 22:48, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
:::I nearly placed the call but the situation's resolved itself. good work people keep it up [[User:SinexTitan|SinexTitan]] ([[User talk:SinexTitan|talk]]) 09:43, 24 January 2026 (UTC)

==Should we archive videos?==

I was looking through the [[Amazon]] page and noticed there's nearly two dozen video references. Video files are way bigger than webpage snapshots, and it shows by PreserveTube being the only one listed on this page (implying that if there's another archive for that purpose, it's not too popular).

For references leaning more on video, would it be better for one to work toward finding non-video references as well? e.g. finding websites that Louis shows in his videos? It would be a mountain of work, but as the saying goes we can't put all our archive (eggs) in one basket (host). [[User:Raster|Raster]] ([[User talk:Raster|talk]]) 18:12, 1 February 2026 (UTC)

:Yeah, I'd say that, where possible, we should prefer to archive webpages/documents over videos, especially when the it's the original/primary source and the video only references it. [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 15:10, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

==Archive.today==

With the recent controversy (see the related {{Wplink|Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Archive.is RFC 5|Wikipedia community conversation}}), where does that leave citations that have no easy replacement?

An example I have for this is the [[Vont]] article page that I created last year, specifically the passage regarding Vont's store page on Amazon and its activity. I first tried using Internet Archive, but it had resulted in an error — which led me to use Archive.today. And originally, I hadn't even planned on multiple captures but that changed when I noticed the postings looked different while I was drafting the article in my sandbox.

I just tried archiving their Amazon storefront page using the IA and it actually worked ''this'' time, so ''hopefully'' I'll be able to "re-build" the archival links that'll still illustrate the same point (see the [https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont archive.is history] for comparison). But if not, I would rather the citations be left alone in this instance.

Any other thoughts? — [[User:Sojourna|Sojourna]] ([[User talk:Sojourna|talk]]) 05:46, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

:"[...] an analysis of existing links has shown that most of its uses can be replaced. Several editors started to work out implementation details during this RfC and the community should figure out how to efficiently remove links to archive.today."
:I think it wise to follow in the footsteps of this conclusion of the Wikipedia RFC: making a best-effort to replace all Archive.today links with alternatives. It will probably be a slow process anyhow, and any content that is difficult to archive on IA or elsewhere can be left until last, by which time hopefully we will have found a suitable Archive.today replacement for such content. [[User:Tempo123|Tempo123]] ([[User talk:Tempo123|talk]]) 18:00, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

== Automation? List updating? ==

I see many of the pages listed as not archived have been updated by [[User:Bananabot|Bananabot]] (usually early today), which is as its name implies, a bot.

Eg: [[Cerberus]], [[Cloudflare]], [[Denon HEOS Speakers]]

Is there a plan to segment pages into the ones humans need to add archive links to, vs ones that a bot can take care of? It's great if this task can be automated, and if so, it would be nice if we carbon-based contributors could focus on those pages the bot(s) can't handle. Or is there a way we ourselves can look at a page and determine that?

And when we add archive links, do we need to manually update "The list" with the new status for those pages? Or is the list updated through some automatic process periodically? (I looked at some history and can't tell.) Either way, could mention of that be added to the directions? Thanks! [[User:Marc84|Marc84]] ([[User talk:Marc84|talk]]) 20:06, 23 February 2026 (UTC)

File:BattlEye tweet.jpg

2026-02-17T00:54:20Z

Marc84: Marc84 uploaded a new version of File:BattlEye tweet.jpg

X post for BattlEye support

File:GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes.jpg

2026-02-17T00:52:18Z

Marc84: Marc84 uploaded a new version of File:GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes.jpg

== Summary ==
GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes (from Steam)
== Licensing ==
{{Fairuse}}

GTA 5 moves to kernel-level anti-cheat on PC after purchase

2026-02-17T00:49:13Z

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{{IncidentCargo
|Company=Rockstar Games
|StartDate=2024-09-17
|EndDate=
|Status=
|ProductLine=
|Product=Grand Theft Auto V
|ArticleType=Product
|Type=Anti-cheat, Forced Migration, Privacy,
|Description=
}}
'''Grand Theft Auto V''' was released in 2013. On 17 September 2024 (11 years after release), [[Rockstar Games]] implemented a controversial update that included a more invasive and dangerous [[Kernel level anti-cheats|kernel level anti-cheat]] by BattlEye.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2024 |title=GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes |url=https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/271590/view/6356356787200715684?l=english |url-status=live |archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:GTAV_Title_Update_1.69_Notes.jpg |archive-date=2026-02-16 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Steam]]}}</ref>

==Background==
This update retroactively restricted online usage on the [[Windows]] OS, despite being fully functional on alternative operating systems like Linux and SteamOS. Despite Rockstar's claim that ''GTA 5 Online'' is not supported by Steam Deck,<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 Sep 2024 |title=Grand Theft Auto Online BattlEye FAQ |url=https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/33490543992467/Grand-Theft-Auto-Online-BattlEye-FAQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/VyfFW |archive-date=2024-09-19 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[Rockstar Games]]}}</ref> ''GTA 5 Online'' did work prior to this breaking change. Furthermore, BattlEye is compatible with Linux,<ref>{{Cite web |last=@TheBattlEye |date=24 Sep 2021 |title=BattlEye has provided native Linux and Mac support for a long time and we can announce that we will also support the upcoming Steam Deck (Proton). This will be done on an opt-in basis with game developers choosing whether they want to allow it or not. |url=https://x.com/TheBattlEye/status/1441477816311291906 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://consumerrights.wiki/w/File:BattlEye_tweet.jpg |archive-date=2026-02-16 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=[[X]]}}</ref> and compatibility can be enabled by an email to the BattlEye developers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawe |first=Liam |date=6 Nov 2021 |title=Supporting Linux / Proton and the Steam Deck with BattlEye is just an email away |url=https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/supporting-linux-proton-and-the-steam-deck-with-battleye-is-just-an-email-away/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250328091440/https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/11/supporting-linux-proton-and-the-steam-deck-with-battleye-is-just-an-email-away/ |archive-date=2025-03-28 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=GamingOnLinux}}</ref> yet Rockstar deliberately chooses not to take these minimal steps to enable support.

==Distributor and consumer responses==
===Valve's response===
In response, [[Valve]] issued refunds for some Steam Deck and Linux users<ref>{{Cite web |last=van der Merwe |first=Julian |date=19 Sep 2024 |title=Steam grants GTA V refunds after anti-cheat strands Steam Deck gamers in compatibility purgatory |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-grants-GTA-V-refunds-after-anti-cheat-strands-Steam-Deck-gamers-in-compatibility-purgatory.891105.0.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250820215552/https://www.notebookcheck.net/Steam-grants-GTA-V-refunds-after-anti-cheat-strands-Steam-Deck-gamers-in-compatibility-purgatory.891105.0.html |archive-date=2025-08-20 |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=NotebookCheck}}</ref> based on some criteria, such as hours played on Linux / Steam Deck.

Additionally, anti-cheat systems can be incredibly invasive with the ability to scan users' files and processes, including hardware identifiers, according to the [[privacy policy]]:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Privacy Policy |url=https://www.battleye.com/privacy-policy/ |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=BattlEye}}</ref><blockquote>
*IP address
*Game identifiers (e.g., in-game name, account ID)
*Hardware device information and identifiers (e.g., serial numbers)
*Information about the running operating system
*Information about files and memory related to the game or operating system
*Information about running processes, drivers, and other executable code
*File names included in other information listed here, which might also contain your operating-system user name
</blockquote>

Because of the inherent privacy and security risks associated with kernel level anti-cheat, players and developers are demanding more transparency in the usage of kernel level software included in games. In response, Valve added a new transparency requirement for developers and publishers to disclose the use of more invasive kernel level anti-cheat solutions:<ref>https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/4547038620960934857</ref>

<blockquote>We've heard from more and more developers recently that they're looking for the right way to share anti-cheat information about their game with players. At the same time, players have been requesting more transparency around the anti-cheat services used in games, as well as the existence of any additional software that will be installed within the game.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Going forward, when you submit a new game to Steam, '''if your game installs a client side, kernel mode anti-cheat, you will need to fill out this new field'''. We will be going through old games and contacting partners with games that fall into this category. If your game contains a client or server based anti-cheat that is not kernel based, submitting the field is optional but we generally think that any game that makes use of anti-cheat technology would benefit from letting players know.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Specifying Kernel-level Integration''' - Select this to let players know that your anti-cheat integration installs or modifies files at the OS kernel level for any modes of your game. This is automatically selected or disabled for the relevant common anti-cheat services in the drop-down menu.</blockquote>Kernel mode anti-cheat solutions carry inherently more risks to the player, as the anti-cheat installs drivers with elevated permissions and sometimes contains vulnerabilities<ref>{{Cite web |last=Soliven |first=Ryan |last2=Kimura |first2=Hitomi |date=24 Aug 2022 |title=Ransomware Actor Abuses Genshin Impact Anti-Cheat Driver to Kill Antivirus |url=https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/h/ransomware-actor-abuses-genshin-impact-anti-cheat-driver-to-kill-antivirus.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 Apr 2025 |website=TrendMicro}}</ref> that can leave the user machine and data at risk, far beyond the risks when the software is isolated to user-mode permissions. Even Rockstar's own instructions suggest adding an exception to anti-virus, only increasing risk to players.<blockquote>While BattlEye is compatible with most antivirus software, you may run into issues if your antivirus does not recognize BattlEye. To avoid any potential problems, make sure to add BattlEye to your antivirus’ exception list.</blockquote>

==See also==
*[[Kernel level anti-cheats]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Grand Theft Auto V]]
[[Category:BattlEye]]

File:BattlEye tweet.jpg

2026-02-17T00:30:47Z

Marc84:

X post for BattlEye support

File:GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes.jpg

2026-02-17T00:07:43Z

Marc84: GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes (from Steam)

== Summary ==
GTAV Title Update 1.69 Notes (from Steam)
== Licensing ==
{{Fairuse}}

Fossify

2026-02-16T23:33:45Z

Marc84: /* References */ Add archive links

{{CompanyCargo
|Description=A collection of apps forked from Simple Mobile Tools that replace big-tech native apps on Android devices with simple, private alternatives.
|Founded=
|Industry=Software
|Logo=Logo.Fossify Logo.png
|ParentCompany=
|Type=Private
|Website=https://www.fossify.org
}}

'''FossifyOrg''' develops and maintains a suite of privacy-respecting applications, which were originally forked from Simple Mobile Tools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.fossify.org/about/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811034219/https://www.fossify.org/about/ |archive-date=2025-08-11 |access-date=2025-09-01 |work=Fossify}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Simple Mobile Tools |url=https://simplemobiletools.com/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250803025707/https://simplemobiletools.com/index.html |archive-date=2025-08-03 |access-date=2025-09-01 |website=Simple Mobile Tool}}</ref> The applications are available via [[F-Droid]] and the [[Google Play Store]]. The GitHub repo gives an exhaustive list of the actively maintained applications.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Fossify |url=https://github.com/FossifyOrg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250830101126/https://github.com/FossifyOrg |archive-date=2025-08-30 |access-date=2025-09-01 |work=Github}}</ref> Highlights include a calendar, music player, gallery, and more.

==Consumer-impact summary==
The project is user supported.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FossifyOrg/Thank-You - A warm Thank You for supporting our modern & easy Fossify apps! |url=https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Thank-You |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811034352/https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Thank-You |archive-date=2025-08-11 |access-date=2025-09-01 |work=Github}}</ref> As for privacy, unless crucial to functioning, the apps do not request internet access and maintain the minimalist design language of the Simple Mobile Tools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FossifyOrg/Launcher - A practical and customizable launcher for launching your favorite apps easily. |url=https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250617095258/https://github.com/FossifyOrg/Launcher |archive-date=2025-06-17 |access-date=2025-09-01 |work=Github}}</ref>

==Incidents==
None to report.

==Products==
Sourced from the repository:<ref name=":0" />
<div style="columns:3">
*Fossify Calculator
*Fossify Calendar
*Fossify Camera
*Fossify Clock
*Fossify Contacts
*Fossify File Manager
*Fossify Flashlight
*Fossify Gallery
*Fossify Keyboard
*Fossify Launcher
*Fossify Messages
*Fossify Music Player
*Fossify Notes
*Fossify Paint
*Fossify Phone
*Fossify Voice Recorder
</div>

==See also==
*[[Privacy preserving applications]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Pro-consumer articles]]

Bambu Lab LAN mode guide

2026-02-11T01:17:05Z

Marc84: Added archive link

<noinclude><div style="padding-left:1.6rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;">''This is part of the [[Bambu Lab Authorization Control System]] article.''</div></noinclude>
{{GuideNotice|comment =''This guide is submitted by community member [[:User:Tzeny]], and is presented from their perspective, with various modifications from Consumer Action Taskforce members.'' }}
Hi everyone, I just thought I'd share my experience with using my P1S offline and blocking its access to the internet from your router (just in case '''[[Bambu Lab]]''' decides to do something about all the users refusing to update their firmware and disconnecting from their cloud).

=Turning on LAN-only mode=
I have a P1S with the 01.07.00.00 firmware and an AMS with the 00.00.06.49 firmware (both latest at the time of writing, I performed the update via the internet when I first got my printer one month ago).
<div style="display: flex;justify-content: space-around;">
{| class="wikitable"
| style="width: 45px; background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 1
||I turned on LAN only mode using Bambu Lab's guide: https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/enable-lan-mode.

Basically you go into your printer's settings, scroll to LAN only mode and set it to ON. This logs you out and supposedly disconnects your printer from their servers, but since it is still connected to WiFi it theoretically could call home if it wanted. We'll take care of that in step 5.
||[[File:P1S.jpg|thumb|450px|Turn on LAN only mode by selecting it and pressing Ok, then pressing Yes on the confirmation dialog that appears]]
|- style="height:7em"
| style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 2|| colspan="2" |I uninstalled both the Handy Android app and Bambu Studio, I won't be using those anymore.
|-
| rowspan="2" style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 3||I downloaded Orca Slicer 2.2.0 (latest at the time of writing): https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v2.2.0 . After you follow the link scroll down to the bottom of the page to the Assets section, and pick the right one for you operating system.
||[[File:Orca download.jpg|thumb|450px|In my case I chose OrcaSlicer_Windows_Installer_V2.2.0.exe]]
|-
|Then I installed it, opened it, installed the Bambu network plugin (no way to use the printer remotely without it yet :( ), did '''not''' log in with a Bambu Labs account and went to the Device page.

Top left corner click on the "No printer +" text and select your printer. With my P1S I still have full functionality ('''including live view''').
||[[File:Orca slicer 2.2.0.png|thumb|450px|Orca slicer and my LAN only printer]]
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Important Note:''' After everything is working remember to turn on Stealth Mode so that Orca won't attempt to communicate with Bambu's cloud.
||[[File:Stealth mode.jpg|thumb|450px|Click on the hamburger menu in the top left -> Preferences -> Network enable stealth mode]]
|-
| style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 4||I got my printer's MAC address from Settings -> MAC (scroll all the way down).
||[[File:P1S MAC.jpg|thumb|450px|Printer MAC address location]]
|-
| style="background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 5||I went into my router's settings (this depends on your manufacturer, send me a DM if you are not sure how to do it), parental controls and added a new rule based on the printer's MAC, to permanently disable its internet access.
||[[File:Router.jpg|thumb|450px|Example of router settings]]
|-
|'''Optional'''
'''step 6'''
|If you want to download your timelapses, you can use FileZilla (https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=client) or another FTP client to connect to your printer and browse the SD Card <ref>{{Cite web |date=Mar 2023 |title=We can now connect to FTP on the P1 and A1 Series |url=https://forum.bambulab.com/t/we-can-now-connect-to-ftp-on-the-p1-and-a1-series/6464 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/zWOUb |archive-date=2025-01-20 |website=Bambu Lab Community Forum}}</ref>
Host: ftps:// <printers IP> - visible on the printer screen
Username: bblp
Password: <printer access code> - visible on the printer screen
|[[File:Bambu lab ftp.jpg|center|thumb|Example connection through File Zilla]]
|}
</div>
And that's it, you have a completely offline printer, that can't access the internet and that you can monitor and view from within your network.

=Remote access=
==Octo Everywhere==
OctoEverywhere provides remote monitoring for free (right now they are pledging to keep the basic tier free forever: https://web.archive.org/web/20250130134221/https://octoeverywhere.com/supporter, https://archive.is/wW0I8).
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| colspan="2" |Install OctoEverywhere on your network: they have a simple guide to get started: https://octoeverywhere.com/getstarted . I have a TrueNAS Scale server and I used their Docker image to setup a custom app (but I will probably create a community app for it).
|-
| style="width: 45px; background: #efefef;font-weight: bold;text-align: center" |Step 2
||Install OctoEverywhere on your phone: on my phone I went to https://octoeverywhere.com/dashboard and added it to my home screen. You can also use 3rd party apps, however those are not included in the free tier (you get 14 days of premium trial when you sign up, but I don't have any intention of paying for it)
|[[File:Octo collage.png|thumb|Using the OctoEverywhere website as an App]]
|}

==Other ways==
iOS app: <nowiki>https://jointcraft.app/</nowiki>

Bambu companion app (in development): <nowiki>https://www.allaboutbambu.com/2024/09/26/unofficial-bambu-companion-app-for-ios-pre-released/</nowiki>

[[File:Parsec.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the Parsec Android app. I can monitor everything and cancel/pause printing by pressing on the buttons]]
If you still want to print remotely there are several possibilities. You can use Parsec (if you have a Windows or macOS machine on the printer's network) https://parsec.app/ to connect from your phone / laptop remotely to your local machine without setting up anything else network wise.

You just install it on both your host (machine connected to the same network as the printer) and you phone/laptop and you can use the home machine as if you were in front of it. I even use it to play games, it's got very low latency.

You can also set up a personal VPN using something like https://tailscale.com/, and then you can connect to the printer from your laptop even when you're away.

You can also use remote desktop connection, but I find it's wonkier than Parsec. This video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYW37thazo0 explains how to do so.

=Conclusion=
Although using the Handy app was easier, I always felt a bit queasy at the idea of all of my prints going through their cloud. This latest 'security' update was just the last drop for me. Using this short guide YOU maintain full control over YOUR printer, and nobody else gets to see everything you print. You can even upgrade the firmware offline if you so chose https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/p1/manual/P1-firmware-update-from-SD-card . At the end of the day, their printers are amazing machines, especially for the price point, and I can live with the compromise of using LAN only mode with parental controls to ensure I maintain full control over mine.

=Q&A=
If you have any questions please leave them in the comments or as a PM and I will update this post with the answers.

*'''Orca slicer can't detect/connect to the printer (X1C, may be applicable to all)'''

u/recrudesce suggests make sure your Windows Firewall isn't blocking the port that Bambu uses for SSDP udp/2021. If you are having issues and your Windows Firewall is on, in the Windows Defender Firewall app, create an Inbound rule to allow udp ports 1900 and 2021. It'll work after that.
*'''Orca slicer asks for access code every time'''
u/KeepCalm76 pointed to this fix that worked for them: https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/issues/6169#issuecomment-2330205871

*'''Blocking a MAC address on UniFi'''
u/TheBeard_ pointed to this resource https://help.ui.com/hc/en-us/articles/18565355579799-MAC-Address-Restricting

*'''Orca Slicer error 4020 Can't upload file to FTP server'''
This can happen for 3MF files, you have to export the objects as STLs and import then into a new project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWDNa2Pytlo

*'''Orca Slicer can't see the printer'''
Try disabling Windows firewall, adding the printer then reenabling it as suggested by u/icegrandpa

*'''Try allowing Orca Slicer through the firewall in Windows Defender.'''
Windows 10 Go to the start icon on the toolbar, go to settings, Network and settings, WiFi. The wifi network you are connected to should be shown, make sure this is the same network your printer is connected to, and click on it, click on "configure firewall and security settings. a warning box will popup, click yes, click allow an app through the fire wall, click change settings, you can now click the box allow another app, click browse, go to the orca slicer executable, usually in c: program files/ orcaslicer/ orca-slicer.exe. and select it. make sure the check box is ticked for private and or public, as you require, then click ok.

For general Orca Slicer questions/help try their Discord: https://discord.com/invite/P4VE9UY9gJ

=Resources=
Custom open source firmware for the X1 series: <nowiki>https://github.com/X1Plus/X1Plus</nowiki>

I've created a GitHub repository with all the current firmware files and network plugins, both those installed on my computer that work right now and the current versions from their CDN: https://github.com/Tzeny/bambulabs_plugins_firmware . Feel free to make a PR to add your own currently functioning plugins and firmware.

Plugin that enables uploading from Orca Slicer to Bambu printer in LAN mode without their network plugin: https://github.com/pandaprint-dev/pandaprint

Overview of the situation and how to protest it: https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i3gq1t/why_you_should_care_about_bambu_labs_removing/

EU based consumers are entitled to a guarantee of conformity for 24 months after purchase as pointed out by u/Royal-Moose9006 , everyone living there should look into it in case things get out of hand: https://europa.eu/youreurope/business/dealing-with-customers/consumer-contracts-guarantees/consumer-guarantees/

=Original post=
[https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/comments/1i4vp5i/lan_mode_with_live_view_remote_monitoringcontrol/ "LAN mode with live view, remote monitoring+control and blocked internet access - a five step guide"] by [https://www.reddit.com/user/Tzeny15 /u/Tzeny] on [https://reddit.com/ reddit]. Sourced Jan 20 2025

=References=
<references />
[[Category:Bambu Lab]]
[[Category:3D printers]]

Bandicam perpetual license invalidation

2026-02-11T01:03:50Z

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'''[[Bandicam]]''' is a PC screen capture and recording software capable of taking screenshots and recording screen changes. It is shareware, meaning that it can be used for free with limited functionality and a watermark on each recording. However, the company that develops and owns the rights to the software, Bandicam Company, sells licenses for the software. However, in 2025, they developed a new version of the software that the perpetual license for previous versions is not valid for. If consumers who purchased a perpetual license for the previous version of Bandicam/Bandicut wish to use Bandicam/Bandicut 2025, they may have to re-purchase a perpetual license for the 2025 version of the software, or subscribe to their subscription model.

==Background==
Until 2025, Bandicam sold a perpetual license for all previous versions of the software. However, in 2025, they released a new version that has its own perpetual license. For consumers who purchased a perpetual license before November 18, 2023, they can upgrade their license to be valid with the 2025 version by paying $17 USD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandicam Company |date=2025 |title=Buy Bandicam Screen Recorder |url=https://www.bandicam.com/buy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503204920/https://www.bandicam.com/buy/ |archive-date=2025-05-03 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandicam Company |date=2025 |title=Bandicam - Perpetual License upgrade |url=https://www.bandicam.com/buy/upgrade-to-new/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250628234150/https://www.bandicam.com/buy/upgrade-to-new/ |archive-date=2025-06-28 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam}}</ref> However, for consumers who purchased a perpetual license afterward, they would have to purchase another license to use the 2025 version. The 2024 version is supported for one year from the customer's date of purchase.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=spatieman |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=licence question... |url=https://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10911&p=30287&hilit=perpetual#p30287 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180319/https://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10911&p=30287&hilit=perpetual#p30287 |archive-date=2025-07-08 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam Forums}}</ref>

==Perpetual license invalidation==
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Impartial and complete description of the events, including actions taken by the company, and the timeline of the incident coming to the public's attention.}}

===Bandicam's response===
The company stated in a forum post to a user that their license was not going to be supported by Bandicam/Bandicut 2025.<ref name=":0" />

==Consumer response==
Some consumers abandoned the software in favor of other screen recording software.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bandicam]]

Bandicam

2026-02-11T00:55:18Z

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It consists of three main modes of capture, those being Screen Recording mode for capturing a computer screen in full or partial form, Game Recording mode for recording targeted software, typically games, that are created in DirectXL or OpenGL,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-09 |title=Easy Gameplay Capture with Bandicam |url=https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Bandicam-Review-194089.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412124032/https://www.softpedia.com/reviews/windows/Bandicam-Review-194089.shtml |archive-date=2011-04-12 |website=Softpedia}}</ref> and Device Recording mode - also known as Webcam Recording mode - for capturing Webcams and external HDMI devices such as connected smartphones or consoles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-14 |title=Bandicam Screen Recorder Explained: Usage, Video and Download |url=https://www.softpedia.com/blog/bandicam-screen-recorder-explained-usage-video-and-download-505239.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615022206/https://www.softpedia.com/blog/bandicam-screen-recorder-explained-usage-video-and-download-505239.shtml |archive-date=2016-06-15 |access-date=2016-06-14 |website=Softpedia}}</ref>

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Bandicam perpetual license invalidation

2026-02-11T00:33:14Z

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'''[[Bandicam]]''' is a PC screen capture and recording software capable of taking screenshots and recording screen changes. It is shareware, meaning that it can be used for free with limited functionality and a watermark on each recording. However, the company that develops and owns the rights to the software, Bandicam Company, sells licenses for the software. However, in 2025, they developed a new version of the software that the perpetual license for previous versions is not valid for. If consumers who purchased a perpetual license for the previous version of Bandicam/Bandicut wish to use Bandicam/Bandicut 2025, they may have to re-purchase a perpetual license for the 2025 version of the software, or subscribe to their subscription model.

==Background==
Until 2025, Bandicam sold a perpetual license for all previous versions of the software. However, in 2025, they released a new version that has its own perpetual license. For consumers who purchased a perpetual license before November 18, 2023, they can upgrade their license to be valid with the 2025 version by paying $17 USD.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandicam Company |date=2025 |title=Buy Bandicam Screen Recorder |url=https://www.bandicam.com/buy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260201145359/https://www.bandicam.com/buy/ |archive-date=2026-02-01 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bandicam Company |date=2025 |title=Bandicam - Perpetual License upgrade |url=https://www.bandicam.com/buy/upgrade-to-new/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251129144645/https://www.bandicam.com/buy/upgrade-to-new/ |archive-date=2025-11-29 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam}}</ref> However, for consumers who purchased a perpetual license afterward, they would have to purchase another license to use the 2025 version. The 2024 version is supported for one year from the customer's date of purchase.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=spatieman |date=5 Feb 2025 |title=licence question... |url=https://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10911&p=30287&hilit=perpetual#p30287 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250708180319/https://www.bandicam.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=10911&p=30287&hilit=perpetual#p30287 |archive-date=2025-07-08 |access-date=15 Jun 2025 |website=Bandicam Forums}}</ref>

==Perpetual license invalidation==
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===Bandicam's response===
The company stated in a forum post to a user that their license was not going to be supported by Bandicam/Bandicut 2025.<ref name=":0" />

==Consumer response==
Some consumers abandoned the software in favor of other screen recording software.

==References==
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Arity's alleged unauthorized driver data collection through mobile apps

2026-02-09T20:24:17Z

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==Introduction==
Arity, established in 2016 as a subsidiary of [[Allstate|Allstate Corporation]], positions itself as a leader in mobility data analytics. According to their mission statement:
<blockquote>''...collect{s} and analyze{s} trillions of miles of driving data to create a greater understanding of how people move. With the world's largest driving dataset tied to insurance claims collected through mobile devices, in-car devices, and vehicles themselves.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vehicle Miles Traveled |url=https://arity.com/solutions/vehicle-miles-traveled/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114015047/https://arity.com/solutions/vehicle-miles-traveled/ |archive-date=14 Jan 2025 |website=Arity}}</ref></blockquote>

[[File:Screenshot of arity.com as of January 15, 2025.png|alt=screenshot of arity.com as of January 15, 2025|thumb|screenshot of arity.com demonstrating their claim of having 40 million active mobile connections]]

According to their website, Arity maintains over 40 million active mobile connections, capturing data at intervals of 15 seconds or less.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Real Time Insights |url=https://arity.com/solutions/real-time-insights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217184520/https://arity.com/solutions/real-time-insights/ |archive-date=17 Dec 2024 |website=Arity}}</ref> The Texas Attorney General's office has initiated legal proceedings against Allstate Corporation and its subsidiaries, including Arity, asserting that this data collection occurred without proper driver consent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Allstate and Artity Petition Filed |url=https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Allstate%20and%20Arity%20Petition%20Filed.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114165226/https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Allstate%20and%20Arity%20Petition%20Filed.pdf |archive-date=14 Jan 2025 |access-date=17 Jan 2025}}</ref>

The State of Texas, under the direction of Attorney General Ken Paxton, has filed a lawsuit naming Allstate, Arity, and their subsidiaries as defendants, alleging multiple violations of data privacy regulations.

==Claims made by the suit==

===Laws broken===
The legal action alleges violations of multiple state regulations, including the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act<ref>https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004F.htm. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241230075523/https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004F.htm Archived] from the original on 30 December, 2024. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.</ref>, the Data Broker Law<ref>https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.509.htm. [https://web.archive.org/web/20241223161307/https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.509.htm Archived] from the original on 23 December, 2024. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.</ref>, and the Texas Insurance Code<ref>https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm. [https://web.archive.org/web/20250111144543/https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm Archived] from the original on 11 January, 2025. Retrieved 17 January, 2025.</ref>. The scope of the alleged data collection, implemented through mobile app software integration, extends beyond Texas residents to affect millions of Americans nationwide.

===Claims made===
Several assertions in this lawsuit require additional substantiation, as '''the source documentation provides insufficient information to verify their origins.''' For more information on this topic, please refer to [[anonymity and vagueness in citations]].

====Claims with evidence====

=====What data Arity collects=====
According to the lawsuit and confirmed by Arity's privacy policy<ref name=":0" />, the company collects:

*Geolocation data
*Accelerometer data
*Magnetometer data
*Gyroscopic data
*Trip attributes:
**Start/end locations
**Distances
**Durations
**Times of these movements
*GPS points
*Derived events:
**Acceleration
**Speeding
**Distracted driving
**Crashes

=====Arity's claims regarding their massive data collection=====

======This is technically true======
Arity's website makes the following verifiable claims:

#Possession of the largest driving data collection
#Data collection intervals of 15 seconds
#Access to trillions of miles of driving data

======Evidence of data collection vs. evidence of ''improper'' data collection======
The lawsuit's citations primarily reference Arity's public statements, which alone do not establish wrongdoing. For comparison, Geico's smartphone application implements driver-monitoring data collection with explicit user consent, offering potential insurance rate reductions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DriveEasy |url=https://www.geico.com/driveeasy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211081848/https://www.geico.com/driveeasy/ |archive-date=11 Dec 2024 |access-date=18 Jan 2025 |website=Geico}}</ref> Such data collection raises privacy concerns.

The lawsuit's core allegations focus on the undisclosed collection and monetization of insured drivers' behavioral data without proper consent, though concrete evidence supporting these claims remains pending.

=====Arity's lack of easy opt-out=====
{{Important|Consumers utilizing applications with integrated Arity SDK encountered systematic barriers to opting out of data collection.}}
The company's privacy policy<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20241217050443/https://arity.com/privacy/</ref> provides inadequate guidance regarding data collection opt-out procedures. Their website redirects users to external resources, such as the Apple support center, which offer limited practical assistance in restricting Arity's data collection capabilities.

=====Defendants worked to Integrate the Arity SDK into mobile apps=====
The Texas Attorney General's lawsuit asserts that Arity and Allstate established financial arrangements with applications including Routely, Life360, GasBuddy, and Fuel Rewards to incorporate their SDK. While direct evidence of these arrangements is not presented in the legal documentation, the following economic factors support this business model:

#The substantial market value of driving behavior data
#Financial incentives for app developers to participate in data monetization
#Arity's strategic interest in expanding their driver data collection network

Arity actively markets their SDK integration services to businesses and developers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A beginner’s guide to leveraging a telematics SDK for your mobile app |url=https://arity.com/article/leveraging-a-telematics-sdk-for-mobile-apps/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716070042/https://arity.com/article/leveraging-a-telematics-sdk-for-mobile-apps/ |archive-date=16 Jul 2024 |website=Arity}}</ref> Documentation of Arity's app integration exists through:

#Public confirmation of the GasBuddy partnership through Arity's press releases<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arity |date=29 Jun 2021 |title=GasBuddy partners with Arity to bring personalized experiences to drivers looking to save even more money on fuel |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gasbuddy-partners-with-arity-to-bring-personalized-experiences-to-drivers-looking-to-save-even-more-money-on-fuel-301321800.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213031839/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gasbuddy-partners-with-arity-to-bring-personalized-experiences-to-drivers-looking-to-save-even-more-money-on-fuel-301321800.html |archive-date=13 Dec 2024 |website=PR Newswire}}</ref>
#Detailed case study documentation of Life360's implementation of Arity's technology<ref>https://arity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/arity_case-study_moapps_Life360.pdf. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240804011729/https://arity.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/arity_case-study_moapps_Life360.pdf Archived] from the original on 4 August, 2024. Retrieved 18 January, 2025.</ref><ref>[[:File:Arity case-study moapps Life360.pdf]]</ref>

=====Arity's claims about usage of data=====
The lawsuit references Arity's terms of service regarding data utilization, specifically citing their privacy policy<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1 Nov 2024 |title=Privacy statement |url=https://arity.com/privacy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241217050443/https://arity.com/privacy/ |archive-date=17 Dec 2024 |website=Arity}}</ref>:

<blockquote>Arity shares your information with its business clients as part of your purchase, or use, of services from those business clients. Those business clients include, but are not limited to, insurance companies as well as mobile app providers who track the location of members of a defined group or who provide weather related information. If you have purchased an insurance product offered by an Arity business client, then your information may also be used by that business client to calculate insurance rates or rewards provided under the product or service. Our insurance company business clients may also use your information to update their pricing and underwriting models. All such use of your personal information by our business clients is subject to their privacy policies and not this Privacy Statement.</blockquote>

=====Drivers not knowingly consenting to these terms=====
The terms of service present significant consent issues:

======"Arity shares your information with its business clients as part of your purchase, or use, of services from those business clients."<ref name=":0" />======
This arrangement presents substantial privacy concerns, illustrated through the following scenario:

#A user (James) engages with an Arity business client's application
#James lacks awareness of Arity's existence
#The business client omits disclosure of Arity's data handling practices
#This creates an inherent impossibility of informed consent to Arity's privacy policy

======"If you have purchased an insurance product offered by an Arity business client, then your information may also be used by that business client to calculate insurance rates or rewards provided under the product or service."<ref name=":0" />======
{{Important|The distinction between insurance and non-insurance business clients creates a critical privacy concern: '''Non-insurance entities may collect data that influences insurance rates without user awareness or consent.'''}}

====Claims without evidence====
The following allegations rely on the legal principle of ''information and belief,'' indicating that supporting evidence is anticipated through the [[wikipedia:Discovery_(law)|discovery]] process rather than currently available.

=====Arity purchased information from automakers to complement their own data=====
[[File:Facebook screenshot of insurance app.png|alt=Facebook screenshot of insurance app|thumb|Facebook screenshot of insurance app]]
The smartphone-based data collection methodology presents inherent accuracy limitations. For example, recreational activities like roller coaster rides might erroneously register as dangerous driving behavior.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Chad |date=8 Oct 2024 |title=Sir, this is a roller coaster. Car insurance dings driving score for man riding The Beast |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2024/10/08/insurance-cuts-driving-score-man-riding-the-beast-kings-island/75554987007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250114231210/https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2024/10/08/insurance-cuts-driving-score-man-riding-the-beast-kings-island/75554987007/ |archive-date=14 Jan 2025 |access-date=18 Jan 2025 |website=Cincinnati}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bousquet |first=Tom |date=2 Oct 2024 |title=My insurance company mistakenly believed I was driving my car when, in reality, I was riding the roller coaster The Beast at Kings Island. |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=8578211025555918 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/6DFaF |archive-date=2026-01-08 |via=Facebook}}</ref>

However, the lawsuit's assertion regarding automotive manufacturer data sales remains unsubstantiated.

<blockquote>To potentially account for the Arity SDK Data's limitations, Defendants sought to combine the SDK Data with data collected directly from vehicles. As a result, Defendants began purchasing consumers' driving-related data from car manufacturers, such as Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram. On information and belief, consumers did not consent, nor were otherwise aware that, Defendants purchased their driving-related data from these car manufacturers</blockquote>

=====Arity's bonus incentives to developers for bundling data collection into their apps=====
The lawsuit states: <blockquote>"To encourage developers to adopt Defendants' software, Defendants paid app developers millions of dollars to integrate Defendants' software into their apps. Defendants further incentivized developer participation by creating generous bonus incentives for increasing the size of their dataset."</blockquote>This claim lacks concrete evidence of these financial arrangements.

=====Automakers who sold data=====
The lawsuit names Toyota, Lexus, Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram as participants in data sales to Arity, without providing supporting evidence for these assertions.

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Canadian internet providers circumvent CRTC protection

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Internet access is a monthly subscription to access a physical infrastructure. Modern internet connections use cable such a COAX or fiber optics to deliver TV and internet to homes across Canada. Once the cables are in place and the installation is complete, customer interactions or maintenance outside of accidents and the degradation of cables over time is typically not needed. The average life span of a fiber-optic cable ranges from 20 to 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yaméogo |first=Banti Laure Mathilde |last2=Charlton |first2=Douglas W. |last3=Doucet |first3=David |last4=Desrosiers |first4=Christian |last5=O’Sullivan |first5=Maurice |last6=Tremblay |first6=Christine |date=25 Jan 2021 |title=Detecting Performance Degradation in Fiber-Optic Cables |url=https://www.etsmtl.ca/en/news/detecting-performance-degradation-fiber-optic-cables |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=www.etsmtl.ca}}</ref>

Internet access prices are mainly reflected by the speed, measured in megabits per second (Mbps), and the maximum data usage per month.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ([https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm CRTC]) is a protection agency in Canada to protect Canadians from abuse by larger telecom companies. They do not regulate prices internet service providers are charging the end users, with the exception of prohibiting differential pricing (i.e., when a company offers different prices for the same level of service). They do, however, regulate the rates telecom companies charge their competitors to utilize their fiber networks.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-17 |title=Internet - Our Role |url=https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/internet/role.htm |access-date=2025-08-14 |website=Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission}}</ref>

==Consumer Impact==
Business model - Time based increases.

The CRTC and contract laws have a loophole that allow for "inflation" based increases with 30 to 60 days notice. These increases occur on the base price of the service. They're not allowed to touch discounts for a term period, which is often 2 years. Lower prices are used to attract new clients. An example would be $50 per month for fiber with lifetime discount or lifetime price.

Videotron issues increases frequently also regardless of what your price starts at. These are the sweeping emailed internet increases in recent years:{{CitationNeeded}}

*December 4, 2024 - 2$ - Notice by email 60 days prior
*March 18, 2023 - 3$ - Notice by email 60 days prior
*April 15, 2022 - 1$ - Notice by email 60 days prior
*March 1, 2021 - 3$ - Notice by email 60 days prior

Other times, the increase notice is listed at the bottom of the bill sent to the consumer.
[[File:Screenshot 2025-05-13 144918.png|thumb|Example of yearly Bell increase notice that will apply to all clients regardless.]]
Bell issues frequent increases of 5 to 6$ also regardless of what price you're currently paying. Recent sign-ups start around 50$ for over 1Gbit fiber services. Their door to door vendors or instore vendors will often say the price is good for 2 years, which is a misrepresentation.{{Citation needed}}

*May 1st, 2025 - 6$
*Feb 1st, 2025 - 4$
*July 1st, 2024 - 5$
*March 1st 2024 - 5$

Prices are often regionally adjusted to target areas they want to increase signups in which makes valuation of the product difficult. What's Gbit internet worth globally?

France 20,99€ per month for fiber 1gbit up and down - 32.80 CAD https://www.red-by-sfr.fr/offre-internet/#redintid=B_menu-boutique_box?sv1=affiliate&sv_campaign_id=652723&awc=7310_1747208248_7d249cdde7de681d34902ff74de7dc88&sfrcpid=t3_awin_8259_652723_RED-FR&utm_medium=affiliation&utm_source=8259&utm_campaign=652723_StudyinFrance

UK - £33.00 per month for fiber 1gbit - 61.32 CAD

https://onestream.co.uk/broadband/products

Australia - 99$ per month for fiber 1Gbit - 89.40 CAD

https://www.buddytelco.com.au/?utm_source=whistleout&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=residential_nbn600d41u&utm_content=byo&gad_source=7&dclid=COypr5C-oo0DFYSzpgQdu903HQ (Australia fiber networks are also heavily subsidized by the government)

Long-term clients often pay more than the current list price or the prices offered to new customers unless they regularly monitor and adjust their plans.

You signed at a certain price, but there's no certainly during that term companies won't indiscriminately raise prices. It's hard to budget.

Business model - misleading ads / pricing tree
[[File:Screenshot 20250511 102009 Instagram.jpg|thumb|Ad highlighting a price comparing a product with 6 times less bandwidth, offered at 55$ per month. However, looking on their site shows Fiber 500 is listed at 110$ per month.]]
[[File:Screenshot 2025-05-13 132638.png|thumb|Current base prices of internet to compare with ad offered to a customer based on location and Ip.]]

Market Control - Competition is limited large providers expand their networks with help from government grants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 Jul 2023 |title=Governments of Canada and Ontario investing over $22 million to bring high-speed internet access to more than 1,400 homes in 10 communities in Ontario |url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1003326/governments-of-canada-and-ontario-investing-over-22-million-to-bring-high-speed-internet-access-to-more-than-1400-homes-in-10-communities-in-ontario |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=Ontario Newsroom}}</ref>

==Incidents==
This is a list of all consumer protection incidents related to this product. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the .
===Bell fights CRTC for allowing small companies to rent their networks to larger ones to service remote areas (2025 05 12)===
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CRTC wants to allow existing local provides the ability to rent their networks to larger national telecom companies instead of having the large telecom companies use grants to build parallel networks. Bell one of the dominating telecom companies doesn't support

===Bell announces network wide sweeping increase starting May 1st, 2025 (''2025 04 30'')===
Home internet prices are going up 6$ starting May 1st, 2025, a second increase this year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamont |first=Jonathan |date=30 Apr 2025 |title=Reminder: Your Bell internet bill is about to go up |url=https://mobilesyrup.com/2025/04/30/reminder-your-bell-internet-bill-is-about-to-go-up/ |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=MobileSyrup}}</ref>

===CRTC makes internet at reasonable speeds a basic service and funds it (''date'')===
CRTC invests 750 million for providers to offer speeds of 50mpbs to 8% of Canadians.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kupfer |first=Matthew |date=21 Dec 2016 |title=CRTC declares broadband internet access a basic service |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/crtc-internet-essential-service-1.3906664 |url-status=live |access-date=14 May 2025 |website=CBC}}</ref>
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