Companies hostile to open computing, user freedom, consumer rights, and right to repair.


Level 5 - Do not purchases problem products

HP - Printers and right-to-repair violations alongside removal of product documentation for legacy products
NVIDIA - Cloud gaming and push to subscription model
Microsoft - Windows, XBOX now, XBOX, Microsoft accounts
Apple - Walled garden and right-to-repair violations
Adobe - Lockins and subscriptions


Level 4 - Avoid whether or not there is an alternative

Google - Privacy violations


Level 3 - Try to avoid unless no alternative

NVIDIA - GPUs, poor linux driver support


Level 2 - Do not recommend


Level 1 - No privacy or problematic violations however may be annoying to use




GOLDEN COMPANIES - BUY THEIR CRAP

Nothing - Repairable Nothing phone
Framework - Repairable and modular Framework laptops
AMD - Open source drivers
Mozilla - Non-chromium web browser and privacy focused practices
Proton - Privacy focused Google ecosystem alternative and free VPN.
Crunchyroll - Fair pricing for services provided and listens to community feedback
Pine64 - Open-source hardware ecosystem
Fairphone - Designed around sustainability
System76 - Linux-first hardware manufacturer
The document foundation - open source alternative to Microsoft 365
DuckDuckGo - Privacy respecing search
GOG - DRM-free philosophy, fair pricing, and commitment to preservation.
BlueSky / Mastodon / Fediverse - Federated, community-driven and often opensource
The Internet Archive - Digital preservation
Wikimedia Foundation - Open knowledge and community-driven
Electronic frontier foundation - Advocation for privacy and better consumer practices
consumerrights.wiki - Reinforces corporate responsibility to consumers