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Google forces your device to join their "Find Hub" network, hard to opt out

Google has added some Android devices to their "Find Hub" network without the users consent, only informing them via email, and giving only 2 days to opt-out. There is supposedly an opt-out link, but…

Google Gemini

Google Gemini is a cloud-based large language model (artificial intelligence text generator) which includes image generation features, developed by American tech company Google.

Google Jamboard

Google Jamboard was a $4,999 55-inch interactive digital whiteboard announced in October 2016 and shipped to businesses in May 2017. Beyond the hardware price, Google required a $600 annual…

Google LSA terms of service change

Google changed the terms of service for their 'Local Services Ads' program in the US and Canada. These changes allow Google to collect and analyze phone calls and chat messages between businesses and…

Google Mobile Services

Google Mobile Services (GMS) is a suite of proprietary Android applications and APIs produced by Google that has existed since 2012. GMS provides both user-facing apps and developer-facing features…

Google Nest

Google Nest, formerly branded Google Home, is a line of smart home products including smart speakers, smart displays, streaming devices, thermostats, smoke detectors, routers and security systems…

Google Nest Protect forced to use Google app

Google has announced significant changes to its Google Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector product line. The company is discontinuing the Nest Protect product line and requiring existing…

Google Nest thermostat smart features disabled

Google has announced the discontinuation of cloud-based support for first and second-generation Google Nest Learning Thermostats, affecting devices purchased between 2011-2014. While the thermostats…

Google OnHub

Google OnHub was a line of WiFi-enabled internet routers sold by Google from 2016-2022. They were intended to provide high signal strength in a better looking package than typical routers, to…

Google password manager overrides third-party autofill

Users of the Google Chrome Android app have reported that Google's password manager has blocked alternate password managers to be used on Chrome. This does not occur on other Android web browsers or…

Google Pixel

Google Pixel is a consumer electronic device that Google develops and equips with specialized versions of Android or ChromeOS.

Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program

The Google Pixel 6a is an Android smartphone designed, developed and marketed by Google. It was released on July 28, 2022.

Google Pixel 9 Pro camera bar separates from phone body

Android Police reported in late January 2025 that the camera bar on Google Pixel 9 Pro models are separating from the main body of the phone, compromising dirt and water resistance of the…

Google Pixel Buds

The Pixel Buds are a line of wireless earbuds developed and marketed by Google. The first-generation Pixel Buds were launched on October 4, 2017, at the Made by Google launch event, and became…

Google Pixel Buds "Touch and Hold" discontinuation

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.

Google Pixel Watch

The Pixel Watch is a line of smartwatches developed and marketed by Google. The first-generation Pixel Watch was launched on October 13, 2022, and was first previewed in May 2022 during the Google…

Google Pixel Watches do not come with repair options

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.

Google Play Integrity API

The Play Integrity API is an API provided by Google for the Android Operating System that allows applications to verify the genuineness of the app's binary and Android version. It is the successor of…

Google search engine supports opaqueness for companies

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.

GoPro

GoPro, Inc. is an American technology company specializing in action cameras and related accessories.

GoPro advertises waterproof cameras despite design flaw and lack of warranty
GoPro Karma
GoTo Group

GoTo Group is an Indonesian technology conglomerate formed in 2021 from the merger of ride-hailing super-app Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia. It is one of the largest digital ecosystem…

GrapheneOS

GrapheneOS, abbreviated as GOS formerly known as CopperheadOS, is an open-source, security-focused, privacy-preserving, and Android-based operating system. As of March 2026, GOS only supports…

GREE Electric

GREE Electric, branded as GREE, is a Chinese home appliances manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. It is the world's largest residential air-conditioner manufacturer.

Greenwashing

Greenwashing is a form of advertising or marketing that deceptively uses social and environmental public relations (PR) in order to persuade the public, investors, and consumers that a company's…

Groupon

Groupon, Inc. is an American global e-commerce marketplace connecting subscribers with local merchants by offering activities, travel, goods and services in 13 countries.

Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.

Gryphon Online Safety, a company that develops Wi-Fi routers and network software focused on home network security and parental control features. The site primarily promotes Gryphon’s router hardware…

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

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…

Guardzilla

Guardzilla was a small home security company that specialized in cloud-connected security cameras before abruptly shutting down in 2020. The company offered a range of DIY security cameras, including…

Guide - Windows 10 end of support

Microsoft officially ended the support for consumer editions of Windows 10 on the 14th of October, 2025. This leads to many people who don't know how to proceed, because they either don't want to…

Guide: HP Ink Cartridge ID Chip Swap

This article contains a guide on how to remove ID chips from OEM HP inkjet printer cartridges and install them on dimensionally identical cartridges of different model numbers, or third-party and…

Guide:How to circumvent Synology hard drive restrictions

Main article: Synology requiring proprietary-branded drives to be used with its NAS In early 2025, Synology introduced a requirement for new NAS models moving forward to be used exclusively with…

Gun Safe Widespread Deceptive Advertising

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…

H&R Block

H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri, by brothers…

Haier

Haier Group Corporation is a Chinese home appliances and consumer electronics company. Through its subsidiaries it manufactures a variety of products.

Halfords Limited

Halfords Limited is a UK-based automotive and cycling retailer and services provider, operating over 400 retail stores and 600+ autocentres across the United Kingdom. Through its subsidiaries —…

Happiest Baby

Happiest Baby is a smart-technology company based in Los Angeles, CA, founded in 2001 by Dr. Harvey Karp and Nina Montée-Karp.

Happy Bar & Grill biometric surveillance tool development

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…

Hardware as a service

Hardware as a service (HaaS) (not to be confused with Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)), is a subscription model for physical appliances, such as cars. Unlike IaaS, which consists on…

Hauptwerk expiration of perpetual license download

Milan Digital Audio, developers of the Hauptwerk virtual pipe organ software, refused to provide installation files for older versions of their software to customers who purchased perpetual licenses…

HBO Max

HBO Max (previously Max) is a streaming service created in 2020 by Warner Bros. In May 2023, the service rebranded to Max, but this has since changed.

HBO Max downgrades lifetime subscription

In February 2025, HBO Max stripped 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos from European subscribers who had signed up with a 50% "lifetime" discount, unless those subscribers agreed to pay more for a Premium tier…

HealthEquity difficult login

HealthyEquity is a health savings management service, think HSA account from your employer. Logging into this service requires a per-device passkey and password or OAuth authentication is not…

Healthline

Healthline Media, Inc. is an American website and provider of health information.

Helldivers 2

Helldivers 2 is a third-person cooperative shooter game for PlayStation 5 and Windows, developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in 2024.

HelloSimply.com

HelloSimply.com, often branded as Simply and billed under a company called JoyTunes, is a company that produces a series of apps to facilitate the self-guided learning of various instruments. Their…

HelloSimply.com: easy to subscribe, difficult to unsubscribe

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…

Hidden EULA language

Main article: End-user license agreement End-User License Agreements are often purposefully obfuscated through legal and technical language to hide terms and permissions that negatively affect the…