It is so difficult to find modern electronics without telemetry and ads. Smartphones, laptops, TVs, home routers, security cameras, cars, game consoles, e-readers, projectors, 3D printers, fitness trackers, speakers, and even some printers. Why can’t customers be free from this data collection and advertising? It’s not that we don’t care about it. There simply aren’t many alternatives, and the few that do exist are either more expensive or offer fewer features. Seriously, we need a list of products we can buy without worrying about telemetry or advertising.
The following list is updated at https://lemmy.ml/post/52706206. Please note that this list may contain errors.
- PC: DIY + Linux (But don’t forget chip backdoor Thank you @geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml)
- Laptop: Framework Laptop, System76, MNT
- Smartphone: Brax Phone
- Smartwatch: ?
- TVs: ?
- Game consoles: ?
- Routers: ?
- Security cameras: ?
- E-ink devices: ?
- Projectors: ?
- Wireless headphones: ?
- Speakers: ?
- Printers: ?
- 3D printers: Prusa 3D Printer
- Cars: ?
- Anything else that doesn’t come with ads or telemetry built in?
Framework does actually support a RISCV chip already which is admirable. They’re doing good work in that regard. But that is very much a development laptop, it can’t run serious work yet. Even for basic browsing it’s nearly unusable.