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Allstate, founded in 1931, is an American insurance provider that also operates in Canada. The company owns several subsidiaries, many of which carry the Allstate name, as well as Esurance. It is one…
Apple uses a range of technical measures to maintain control over the App Store ecosystem. While Apple cites security and user-friendliness as the reasoning behind these measures, they often create…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field of computer science that produces systems designed to solve problems that humans typically solve using intelligence. In the consumer and industry space, it is…
The bootloader is a special program on a device that loads the operating system when the device is turned on. Bootloaders are typically set by the manufacturer and shipped to retailers and consumers…
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…
Discontinuation bricking occurs when a product is rendered non-functional ("bricked") because the manufacturer has decided to discontinue it. Discontinuation bricking usually occurs in products that…
Platform decay, commonly known as Enshittification or crapification, is a practice in which companies (usually large ones) allow the quality of the products or services they provide to decline over…
Many open-source software licenses require you to license your modified copies under the same license, thus maintaining the freedom of the end-user and preventing use of the source code without any…
Fingerprinting consists on attempting to uniquely identify someone or something, so that it becomes easier to track. A device fingerprint is a collection of information about a device's hardware and…
Forced app download is a practice committed by businesses and government entities where users must download an app on their smartphones to perform simple tasks that may have otherwise been possible…
Forced indemnification is a practice in which a business, such as a bank, refuses to take an action, such as transferring funds, unless and until its customer signs a document that includes an…
Google displays an example of a retroactively amended purchase by removing an accessibility feature of the Pixel Buds and failing to offer a reasonable alternative to customers who rely on it.
LA Fitness goes out of their way to make it as difficult as possible to cancel gym memberships by placing intentional barriers in the path of customers.
Leadwerks is a gaming engine, formerly known as Ultra Engine, created by Leadwerks Software. The engine is currently in early access and offers royalty-free licenses through either a $99.99 perpetual…
The LG G4 Android smartphone, developed by LG Electronics as part of the LG G series, was released in April 2015. Shortly after its release, issues were found that made the device unstable or…
ManyCam is a live video-streaming software application owned by Paltalk, formerly known as AVM Software. ManyCam.com describes the application as: " ..
Microsoft 365 (sold as Office 365 from 2010 to 2020) is a suite of productivity software applications that includes Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The addition of "365" to…
Minecraft (developed and published by Mojang Studios) began taking action against mod developers and servers in 2023 for using firearms, which was deemed 'adult' by their EULA. When asked for…
Monetization overload, or over-monetization, occurs when a company prioritizes heavily monetizing a product or service, often at the expense of consumer engagement or even the product's…
A monopoly represents a market structure where a single seller or entity dominates the entire market for a particular good or service. This economic arrangement is characterized by a lack of viable…
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…
Notability forces new privacy policy on users who already bought the app to train its AI on the users own writing and recordings. Users are locked out of the application unless they agree to the new…
The NZ coalition government has been pushing for surveillance of every vehicle in the country. With no opt out manual option this will record the location and movements of everyone who drives and…
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…
PETKIT Pura Max 2 is an automatic litter box manufactured in China that connects to Wi-Fi. Users report upon leaving China that the company locks the device once connected to the internet.
Purism is a free and open source hardware and software company that manufactures Linux-based phones, tablets, and workstations. The company has vowed to only ship free-and-open-source software and…
Qualcomm Incorporated is a major fabless semiconductor manufacturer, famous for its Snapdragon line of system on a chip (SoC) targeted towards mobile phones, tablets, laptops among other types of…
This article addresses the widespread, harmful misconception that breaking a digital lock or modifying software behavior is always considered "illegal hacking." In truth, U.S. law, while flawed…
Screenshot blocking prevents the owner of a computing device from capturing screenshots and screen recordings. Some operating systems such as Android and Apple iOS let app makers block the device…
Sony is banning PlayStation consoles from accessing online services on hardware level permanently for "violation of terms of service". This results in console hardware being unable to access software…
The Square Reader for Contactless and Chip is an essential piece of hardware for millions of vendors. It's a lifeline for mobile businesses, pop-up shops, and independent contractors. Yet, like so…
Star Citizen is a crowdfunded space station simulator game. Star Citizen combines features from space simulators, first-person shooters, and massively multiplayer online genres across its four…
A subscription service is an ongoing transaction agreement between the customer and the company, where a user usually pays on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis to receive the services provided by…
Toyota Motor Corporation, commonly known as Toyota, is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer. This page contains topics related to business practices as well as products and/or services…
Virtual Racing School (VRS) was founded in 2016 by Peter Dimov. VRS is a private for-profit hardware and software manufacturer for devices related to simulation racing. VRS sells different steering…
In 2015, NVIDIA voluntarily recalled certain SHIELD Tablets sold between July 2014 and July 2015 after discovering a fire hazard caused by defective lithium-ion batteries. While the recall aimed to…
Vultr, founded in 2014, is an American cloud service company. Among those cloud services are storage, servers, and databases.
WhatsApp (officially WhatsApp Messenger) is an American instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service owned by technology conglomerate Meta.
Since the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has sold USB drives with an installer preloaded. They are deeply write-protected, and have no official way to be formatted and reused for anything other…