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Acer agreed to pay $115,000 and reform its data security practices after a year-long lapse exposed the personal and financial information of more than 35,000 customers. The New York Attorney…

Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of digital-rights management (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and…

Sellers on Amazon can list products, gather reviews for them, and then modify the listings to sell entirely different items while retaining the reviews from the previously sold products…

This article addresses the manner in which Android phones share personal user information with Google, usually in a complete user unaware and unapproved way, and the legal consequences Google has…

Anthropic Claude Code HERMES.md billing flaw was a technical defect in Anthropic's Claude Code product that bypassed flat-rate subscription plans to charge users direct API fees. In April 2026, a…

Apple actively makes it near-impossible for third-parties and consumers to repair their products while maintaining their full, intended functionality.

Apps running on Android and potentially other operating systems (OS) can detect if the device has been modded and refuse to function if that is the case. This can happen if the device allows the user…

Audible, an audiobook marketplace and subsidiary of Amazon, is changing its royalty structure to subsidize its streaming service with premium credit purchases. In August 2025, the new structure took…

AWS Lightsail is a set of services within Amazon Web Services that provides virtual-servers with popular pre-configured software options - such as a Wordpress server. It is notable for more-or-less…

After purchasing a Bandai Namco game, installing it and trying to use it for the first time, you are greeted by an EULA that you have to accept.

Battery Health Assistance is an anti-feature by Google, used on Google Pixel smartphones since Pixel 6a and later. While on some models it can be disabled, it is not possible for the Pixel 9a and…

BMW includes the hardware for its M adaptive suspension in many vehicles, while requiring customers to pay extra to activate the software that enables the feature. This model has been criticized for…

Home Connect is Bosch's cloud based smart home control system used in select The Bosch 500 series is a range of dishwashers sold as premium smart appliances, focusing on their convenience and ease…

In January 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made a sweeping decision affecting consumer choice in broadband internet for residents of multi-tenant buildings. This decision reversed…

Brother is a printer company that has allowed the use of third-party toner cartridges with their printer devices. Recent firmware updates have changed this practice by displaying an error message…

Canon legacy scanner driver abandonment is Canon's practice of classifying functional scanners & multifunction printers as "retired" and stopping all driver development, which prevents the hardware…

Canva, the company that acquired Serif (parent company of Affinity and its respective graphic editing software) has removed the ability for users to purchase older versions of the Affinity…

Cerberus Phone Security is a service that can track stolen phones and has several anti-theft and security features. They have several subscription tiers ranging from 5$-43$ per year depending on how…

The Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse (Child Sexual Abuse Regulation, or CSAR), or most commonly known as Chat Control, is a proposed European Union regulation that aims to combat…

Clip Studio Paint switched from a perpetual license to a subscription model. They had given users with a perpetual license free feature updates, but stopped after changes to the business model. When…

The Dutch national weather forecasting service (KNMI) faced a lawsuit over their weather app that was revised. The plaintiffs were the major commercial weather app providers in the Netherlands…

Dyson battery packs include a Battery Management System (BMS) equipped with a chip capable of balancing the individual cells. However, the manufacturer has omitted some considerably inexpensive yet…

Epson Eco Tank printers prevent regular maintenance by consumers or third parties by imposing artificial DRM barriers to printer maintenance functions. Epson eco tanks are continuous ink feed inkjet…

The European Union's Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network concluded a coordinated investigation in May 2025, finding Shein in breach of multiple EU consumer protection laws across six…

Car producers are forcing drivers to agree to invasive spying by locking them out of some car features until they comply.

Counterfeit flash memory, such as USB flash drives, SD cards and solid-state drives (SSD), with falsified storage capacities are a prevalent problem on popular online marketplaces such as Amazon…

Figma has sent cease and desist letters to companies, including the Swedish AI startup Lovable, for using the term "Dev Mode," claiming it infringes on their trademark. This action has sparked…

Wondershare, the company behind Wondershare Filmora, changed its licensing policy, causing controversy among users. Originally, lifetime licenses promised unlimited access to future updates. However…

First Press Games is a limited physical game production company that (almost) never sends out anything they claim to be selling even after 3-6 years of waiting for them to produce it.

General Motors (GM) has been collecting and monetizing driving data from millions of internet connected vehicles since 2015. Through its OnStar system and vehicle telematics, GM gathers comprehensive…

GlassWire initially launched as a freeware network monitoring tool, gaining widespread recognition and user trust due to its free access and useful features. However, over time, its business model…

Google Pixel Watch is a smartwatch product line made by Google. The devices come with no warranty for damages and maintain a replacement-only policy for consumers. There are no spare parts made…

The Google Search Engine is suspected for supporting opaqueness and sterileness, forcing business models to be changed to show up higher when searching with the Google Search Engine.

Products referred to as "gun safes" are usually not "true safes" (UL 687), but "residential security containers" (UL 1037). The distinction comes from the certification/rating system established by…

Happy Bar & Grill, a Bulgarian restaurant chain, faced public backlash surrounding the discovery of a vendor product page for an AI facial recognition system which had been developed by IP Biometrix…

The app makes it trivially easy to subscribe to the service, but it uses UI anti-patterns to hide subscription management options. Additionally, it has limited payment management options in the web…

The HNGRYnsite Camera was a smart refrigerator camera developed by Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH. It was designed to provide users with real-time images of their fridge interior, integrating with…

HP produces all-in-one printers, which are marketed as a complete solution for printing, scanning documents, and sending faxes. However, these printers enter an error state when the ink level in one…

HP is widely recognized for applying digital rights management (DRM) measures to its consumer inkjet and laser printers, systematically blocking the use of third-party cartridges via firmware…

Life360's Terms of Service includes an arbitration agreement which users must accept to use the app. This clause was expanded in July 2025.

On a fresh start of most PlayStation titles on PC, a pop-up appears asking the user to consent for data collection, with no way to reject.

Meetup.com is a platform where anyone can join different groups of people and make new connections. The account creation involves a dark pattern to drive new users to subscribe to Meetup+ instead of…

There is an issue reported by some users of MikroTik hAP ax3 (with some reports about hAP ax2 and cAP ax as well) where, after upgrade to RouterOS 7.15.0 the 5GHz wireless connection becomes…

The Miku ToS is long, and can be potentially confusing for customers to understand. This section is meant to summarize and highlight important parts of the Miku TOS. Miku Customer Requirements…

Minecraft is a video game made by Mojang Studios (owned by Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios since 2014). It was officially released on 18th September 2011, but development builds were publicly…

Ever since the release of Minecraft version 1.19.1 in July 2022, Minecraft players can be reported for their chat messages and can be permanently banned from joining any multiplayer servers…

MinestoreCMS by Minestore is a content management system (CMS) for managing payments for Minecraft game servers. The original license was advertised as "Pay once, use forever." with the additional…

Legrand and its child companies (such as BTicino with their Living Now series) manufacture Zigbee-based smart devices. While these devices use the Zigbee protocol, they are intentionally restricted…

The Netflix stream-quality controversy involves Netflix's advertising of 4K resolution for its streaming service while also not adequately disclosing the conditions and restrictions. Secondly, it…

With the release of the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo has already exercised rights it reserved back in early May 2025. Nintendo blocking online services on certain Switch 2 devices effectively bricks…

Several users have reported a recurring issue with the Nothing Phone (1) where the Bluetooth functionality becomes inoperable. Affected devices are unable to activate Bluetooth, with the toggle…

On 18 September, 2025, Nvidia and Intel jointly announced in a press release, Nvidia's $5,000,000,000 USD investment into Intel stock. Finalized on December 29, 2025, Nvidia purchased 214.8 million…

12VHPWR and its revision 12V-2x6 (H++) are modern PCIe power connector standards published by the PCI-SIG that aim to deliver more power to PCIe devices such as GPUs but in a smaller foorprint than…

Sony have restricted how and what developers can offer people upgrading from a PS4 edition to a PS5 edition of a game post launch.

About 5 yrs ago, PolarBackup sold permanent lifetime subscription for a minimal, one time fee. Users that pay the initial fee got 5TB. Out of nowhere the company terminated the lifetime…

No online platform is immune to child predators, especially those geared towards minor audiences. However, Roblox has an extensive history of poorly handling child predators. Since Roblox launched in…

Rosetta Stone is bricking their legacy CD-based and downloadable software by blocking activation, despite perpetual license, to force users to buy a subscription plan.

Reports from consumers, as well as investigations by Heise Online, describe an issue where used and refurbished Seagate hard drives are being sold as new. Many buyers reported receiving drives with…

c The Pioneer DJ DJM-S11 software previously allowed users to enable the "Make Audio Available to Other Applications" checkbox to route audio directly into applications such as OBS or QuickTime…

The PlayStation Vita is a console developed by Sony as part of the PlayStation line of products.

The Footlong Pass is a subscription service for the Subway app initially released in August 2022. The subscription allows subscribers to theoretically get 50% off the price of one footlong sandwich…

Indian food and grocery ordering companies Zomato and Swiggy refuse to refund their customers if they cancel their order. This has been noted to occur when the customers pay in advance for their food…

systemd is criticized of being monolithic (non-modular) and deviating from Unix philosophy.

The Tesla Cybertruck advertises a feature called "Powershare" (formerly "Power Your Site"), which seems to fall outside of the warranty conditions for the car battery. The feature matches a warranty…

Tesla charges $2,000 to unlock an additional 50–100 horsepower from the existing dual-motor hardware in the Model Y and Model 3, reducing its 0–60 mph acceleration time by 0.4–0.5 seconds through…

"IO, l'app dei servizi pubblici" (IO hereinafter) is an app developed by PagoPA S.p.A., a State-owned enterprise which develops tools to make digital public services available in Italy. The app can…

At the end of January 2025, three staff members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board(PCLOB) were fired by the US president. The EU-US Data Privacy Framework with the EU relies heavily…

A new Jersey couple who was injured while taking a ride they arranged through Uber was found to be legally precluded from litigation because of a clause in Uber's terms of service that requires…