PlayStation owners in the United Kingdom that purchased any of 551 StudioCanal movies or TV series received notice last week that those titles will be unceremoniously deleted from their libraries on September 1. People who thought they owned a digital copy of Terminator 2, Bridget Jones Diary, or (one of
You buy a smart speaker, a thermostat, a baby monitor. A year or two later it stops working, because the company that made it turned off a server or stopped sending updates. The hardware never failed. You are holding a working machine the manufacturer decided to retire. New York has
Bambu Labs, a major 3D printer manufacturer, has moved to enshittify their printers by severely limiting device owners’ ability to use alternate software on their devices. When a developer used the company’s open source software to restore interoperability with Orca Slicer, a popular slicing software that gives users more
I wonder how much you think about your data when you decide to buy an IoT device. If you’ve been watching Louis’ channel for long enough, you probably think about it more than the average consumer. Maybe it’s your first thought. Maybe it’s something you weigh against
People who own doorbell cameras bought them, in part, to keep people out of their homes. As long as their video footage is stored on corporate servers, consumers could inadvertently be letting others in. At the heart of security is control. If you own the video generated by your camera,
There are so many ways companies screw with their customers today. They love to change their products after they’re sold, or add “proprietary” versions of a refill where a generic one would suffice. We’ve seen it with printer cartridges, tractors, and even air and water filters. In this
The gig is up. Microsoft has ended Windows 10 support in the U.S. and most of the world. The announcement comes despite the company’s commitment to provide users in Europe with no-strings-attached, free security updates for an additional year. Despite 40.84% of the estimated 1.
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We started FULU Foundation to fight back against the erosion of ownership rights over our digital devices and content. In this newsletter, we’ll be highlighting not only the corporate practices that infringe on your Right to Own your stuff, but also what you can do to push back. This