to give them gifts that invade their privacy and abuse their freedom.
This Giving Guide is full of gifts that you can feel good about
instead.</p>
- <p>When we allow <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">proprietary software</a> created by Facebook, Apple, Google, and countless other companies to handle our basic computing tasks, we put an enormous amount of power in their hands, power which they freely exploit. It's only through using <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>, and <a href="https://ryf.fsf.org">devices running free software</a>, that we can seize this power back.</p>
+ <p>When we allow <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">proprietary software</a> created by Facebook, A
mazon, Apple, Google, and countless other companies to handle our basic computing tasks, we put an enormous amount of power in their hands, power which they freely exploit. It's only through using <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>, and <a href="https://ryf.fsf.org">devices running free software</a>, that we can seize this power back.</p>
<p>When picking a gift this year, we urge you to think carefully about
the choice you're making. Is that smart assistant smart enough to
respect your friend or family member's rights? Does that tablet really
<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Amazon</h5>
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<li>Amazon is one of the most notorious DRM offenders. They use this <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/amazon">Orwellian control</a> over their devices and services to spy on users and keep them trapped in their "walled garden."</li>
-<li>ead more about the dangers of DRM through our <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign.</li>
+<li>
Read more about the dangers of DRM through our <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a> campaign.</li>
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<h5 class="text-center">DRM-free Music</h5>
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-<p>Despite the efforts of companies like Spotify, we can still dance to music in the free world. Thanks to the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/audio">artists, producers, record labels, and shops</a> highlighted on <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a>, the rights-respecting options are nearly endless. Check out music from great labels and artists, including:</p>
+ <p>Despite the efforts of companies like Spotify, we can still dance to music in the free world. Thanks to the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/audio">artists, producers, record labels, and shops</a> highlighted on on our <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/">Guide to DRM-free Living</a>>, the rights-respecting options are nearly endless. Check out music from great labels and artists, including:</p>
<li>All of the music on <a href="https://bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a> is DRM-free and comes in a variety of formats, including patent-free ones like FLAC and Ogg Vorbis.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dischord.com/">Dischord Records</a>, a classic punk label providing music since 1980.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.emusic.com/">Emusic</a> is a DRM-free replacement for services like Spotify and Apple Music.</li>
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<ul class="cons">
-<li>Stay away from: Spotify, iTunes, and all other major streaming services</li>
+<li>Stay away from: Spotify, Apple Music, and all other major streaming services</li>
<li>Spotify is only one of many offenders when it comes to putting DRM in music: all major streaming services do this, with the support of big record labels.</li>
<li>In addition to streaming music encumbered by DRM, people who want to use Spotify are required to install additional proprietary software. Even Spotify's client for GNU/Linux relies on proprietary software.</li>
<li><p>Apple Music is no better, and places heavy restrictions on the music streamed through the platform.</p></li>
<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Netflix</h5>
<ul class="cons">
<li><p>Netflix is continuing its <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org/netflix">disturbing trend</a> of making onerous DRM the norm for streaming media.</p>
-<li><p>They're also leveraging their newfound place in the <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-becomes-a-member-of-the-mpaa/">Motion Picture Association of America</a> (MPAA) to advocate for tighter restrictions on users, and
also embedded DRM into the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5">fabric of the Web</a>.</p</li>
+<li><p>They're also leveraging their newfound place in the <a href="https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-becomes-a-member-of-the-mpaa/">Motion Picture Association of America</a> (MPAA) to advocate for tighter restrictions on users, and
were responsible for embedding DRM into the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/no-drm-in-html5">fabric of the Web</a>.</p</li>
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