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Fake lifetime license is a marketing scam in which customers are misled and/or blatantly lied to, with respect to the expiration date of a license they acquired. This is distinct from post-purchase…

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…

Fal describe themselves as "The world's best generative image, video, and audio models, all in one place. Develop and fine-tune models with serverless GPUs and on-demand clusters." According to their…

False advertising is an illegal business strategy where a consumer is lied to or otherwise mislead with the intention of increasing the probability that they will purchase a product.

Fandom, formerly known as Wikia, is a media conglomerate based in the United States. The website has more than 50 million user-generated pages, as well as other multimedia databases such as…

Fear of missing out (FOMO) is a psychological phenomenon where a person feels like they are missing out on something that could improve or make life more enjoyable. As it relates to negative business…

Feature Ransom is a form of rights stripping when core functionality is restricted or removed unless users accept new terms or conditions.

Features on Demand (FoD), also called On-Demand Features (ODF) or Functions on Demand, refers to the process in which businesses provide a particular function or feature that can be added whenever…

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a governmental regulatory agency tasked with ensuring a competitive and fair market for radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable communications…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), established in 1914, is a federal agency enforcing anti-trust laws and consumer protection measures in the United States. The agency consists of five commissioners…

Ferrari is an Italian luxury sports car manufacturer. It was founded on 13 September, 1939 by Enzo Ferrari.

Figma is a proprietary collaborative web application for user interface design. It is available as a desktop application for Windows and macOS, and online.

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…

FiiO Electronics Technology Company, Ltd., or simply FiiO, is a Chinese electronics company founded in 2007 that primarily manufactures audio equipment. Its products include portable music players…

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

Final Draft is an industry-standard screenwriting software. It announced in January 2025 that it was discontinuing activation services for Final Draft 10.

Financial censorship is the practice of major payment processors refusing to process transactions for individuals or entities that do not align with their values. Although some banks and processors…

FINRA is a self-regulatory organization responsible for supervising member broker-dealers under the oversight of the SEC.

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…

Firefox is a free and open-source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation. It is officially available on Windows (10 and above), macOS and Linux.

In February 2025 Mozilla introduced terms of service (TOS) for the Firefox browser for the first time as well as an updated privacy policy. These terms of service contain a section about the rights…

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.

The First Sale Doctrine is a fundamental principle in U.S. copyright law that ensures consumers retain essential rights to resell, lend, or otherwise transfer ownership of legally acquired goods…

Fitbit, now a subsidiary of Google, is a company that produces fitness tracking devices, some of which also function as smartwatches. They acquired Pebble in 2016, and produced the Ionic, Versa…

The Google Fitbit Sense and Versa 3 are Smart Watches / Fitness Trackers designed, developed and marketed by Fitbit, now owned by Google. Both devices have reached their end of support.

"Flat Earth Sun and Moon Clock," or "Flat Earth Sun, Moon & Zodiac," is a social network app created by Blue Water Bay, a company run by David Weiss. The app provides users with a clock showing how…

Flightradar24 is a Swedish Internet-based service that shows real-time aircraft flight tracking information on a map. It includes flight tracking information, origins and destinations, flight…

Flo Health, typically shortened to Flo, is a health company founded in Belarus; currently located in the United States, United Kingdom, Amsterdam, and Lithuania, but available worldwide. Their…

Flock License Plate Readers (previously known as Flock Safety Falcon), are a network of AI-powered surveillance cameras that record vehicle data for law enforcement agencies. The system operates in…

Flock Safety is a technology company that creates and operates an extensive surveillance network using automated license plate readers (ALPRs) and related technologies. Flock was founded in 2017 by…

In May 2025, leaked internal communications revealed that Flock Safety, a $7.5 billion surveillance technology company, planned to incorporate data from known data breaches into its Nova law…

Forced account registration/sign-in/log-in is a practice committed by entities, where users must have (and use) a digital identity to perform simple tasks that may have otherwise been possible…

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 arbitration is a practice in which businesses can require their customers to resolve disputes through arbitration, instead of a traditional court system.

Basic Input/Output System, also known as BIOS, is a type of firmware used to provide runtime services for operating systems and programs and to perform hardware initialization during the booting…

Forced cloud, forced internet, forced remote connection, etc... is a practice in which software or hardware requires a continuous/constant (or, at least, regular) device connection to remote servers…

Forced Identification is the practice of forcing the user to unnecessarily provide their ID in order to access a product or service. The primary concern for forced identification comes from how…

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…

Forced retention of payment methods is when online platforms and payment processors store user payment credentials, often without a clear or easily accessible way to revoke them. In many cases, cards…

Forced User Agreement on Jetbrains IntelliJ software is an attempt to alter past fallback licenses. In 2025 company is trying to enforce new terms on software bought in 2024 or prior.What is the…

The Ford Motor Company was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan. With the introduction of a moving assembly line, Ford drastically reduced the cost and time of automobile production…

In February 2023 Ford filed a patent for in-vehicle advertisement presentation systems. A copy of the patent can be found here: These could combine historical user data with audio signals coming…

Ford Connected Built-In Navigation is only a trial without informing the customer. Service discontinued without subscription at the end of the 12 month trial period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJAF3XFEXOg Ford is now charging people $495 for the option to add a frunk to the Ford Mustang Mach E 2026.[citation needed] ***Disclaimer: i have no idea if this…

On Feb. 23, 2023, Ford put forward a patent application for SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO REPOSSES A VEHICLE. This allows a bank or lender to activate/disable various components of a vehicle, should the…

Formlabs is a 3D printing company that charges its customers $875 to $11,899 per printer for the permission to use third-party materials on hardware they already own. In July 2024, Formlabs acquired…