<h1>Give the gift of freedom!</h1>
<p>A new phone or computer can be the highlight of the holidays, but with proprietary software lurking under the wrapping paper, your thoughtful gift may be more naughty than nice.</p>
-<p>This guide replaces these holiday humbugs with better devices from ethical companies—no creepy remote deletion of files, no punitive and mean rules about copying and sharing. Just products and software that respect the freedom and privacy of your loved ones: gifts you can feel good about.</p>
+<p>This guide replaces these holiday humbugs with better devices from ethical companies—no <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary" style="color: gold">creepy remote deletion of files or punitive and mean rules about copying and sharing</a>. Just products and software that respect the freedom and privacy of your loved ones: gifts you can feel good about.</p>
<p>Plus, our crib notes below will help you explain why this version is better than the one they've heard of (and spread the word about software freedom, too).</p>
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<li>Note: While the main processor is exclusively running free software, the modem processor runs a Samsung nonfree system.</li>
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- <h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: iPhones</h5>
+ <h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: iPhone</h5>
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<li>Comes with no shortage of <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareIniThings">spyware</a>.</li>
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- iOS is a fully proprietary operating system, giving Apple control over the software on the devices.
+ iOS is a fully <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">proprietary operating system</a>, giving Apple control over the software on the devices.
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Apple uses <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)</a> to block competing software.
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+ <li>Avoid: iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, and other models.
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<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Microsoft Windows</h5>
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- <li>Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product—<a href="https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/">each account is assigned an advertising ID</a> to help Microsoft sell user
+ <li>Runs on <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">proprietary software</a> that profits from treating the user as a product—<a href="https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/">each account is assigned an advertising ID</a> to help Microsoft sell user
data.
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<li>Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. <a href="https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/windows">Read more about Windows's abuses.</a></li>
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+ <li>You can find Windows on computers like the Dell Inspiron Touch-Screen, HP Omen, and Lenovo Ideapad.</li>
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<h5 class="text-center">X200 with GNU/Linux</h5>
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- Vikings's X200 is <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom</a> certified. Global shipping is available. <a href="#viking-promotion">Sale details.</a>
+ Vikings's X200 is <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom</a> certified. Global shipping is available. <a href="#vikings-promotion">Sale details.</a>
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- Viking's X200 is <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom</a> certified. Global shipping is available. <a href="#viking-promotion">Sale details.</a></p>
+ Viking's X200 is <a href="https://www.fsf.org/ryf">Respects Your Freedom</a> certified. Global shipping is available. <a href="#vikings-promotion">Sale details.</a></p>
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<li>Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.</li>
<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Apple</h5>
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- <li>Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.</li>
+ <li>Runs on <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">proprietary software</a> that restricts the user's freedoms.</li>
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Apple app stores use <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm_digital_restrictions_management">DRM</a> to restrict what you can do with your purchases.
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<li>Comes crawling with <a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/proprietary-surveillance.html#SpywareInMacOS">spyware</a>.</li>
+ <li>Avoid: MacBook Air (and MacBook Pro)</li>
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<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Microsoft Surface</h5>
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- <li>Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product—<a href="https://edri.org/microsofts-new-small-print-how-your-personal-data-abused/">each account is assigned an advertising ID</a> to help Microsoft sell user
- data.
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- <li>Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. <a href="https://www.fsf.org/campaigns/windows">Read more about Windows's abuses.</a></li>
+ <li><a href="arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/07/windows-10-updates-to-be-automatic-and-mandatory-for-home-users/">Forced "upgrades"</a> give Microsoft a backdoor to do anything they want with your apps or data--including <a href="www.ghacks.net/2015/11/24/beware-latest-windows-10-update-may-remove-programs-automatically/">removing them</a>.</li>
+ <li>When major security bugs are found, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130622044225/http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2013/06/how-can-any-company-ever-trust-microsoft-again/index.htm">NSA gets the option to exploit them</a> before they're fixed.
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<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: MakerBot</h5>
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- MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
+ MakerWare software is proprietary, <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">restricting freedom and stifling innovation</a>.
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MakerBot was founded with a more freedom-respecting philosophy, but has since <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/pulling-back-from-open-source-hardware-makerbot-angers-some-adherents/">announced an increasingly proprietary approach</a> and distanced itself from the community that formed around it.
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<p>Many consider music essential to the richness of the human experience. Thanks to the <a href="https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/audio">many artists, producers, record labels, and shops</a> highlighted on <a href="https://defectivebydesign.org">Defective by Design</a>, the rights-respecting options are nearly endless. Check out music from great labels and artists, including:</p>
<li><a href="http://www.dischord.com/">Dischord Records</a>, a classic punk label providing music since 1980.</li>
<li><a href="https://folkways.si.edu/">Folkways</a>, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute.</li>
- <li><a href="http://www.mergerecords.com/shop">Merge Records</a>, home to Grammy-winning and well-loved indie darlings.</li>
- <li><a href="http://www.nin.com/">Nine Inch Nails</a>, the industrial rock band fronted by Trent Reznor.</li>
- <li><a href="https://www.theymightbegiants.com/">They Might Be Giants</a>, delivering tunes to you since the 1980s.</li>
+ <li><a href="https://www.emusic.com/">Emusic</a> is the Web's second largest music store.</li>
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<li>X200, T400, iPhone, and ISP-provided router images are in the public domain.</li>
<li>LulzBot 3D printer photo by Aleph Objects is licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.</a></li>
<li>ThinkPenguin with GNU and both ThinkPenguin router images by ThinkPenguin are licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.</a></li>
- <li>Technoethical Replicant N2, Wi-Fi Dongle, and X200T by Technoethical 2016-2017 licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>.</li>
+ <li>Technoethical Replicant N2, Wi-Fi Dongle, and X200T by Technoethical 2016-2017 licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Unported 4.0</a>.</li>
+ <li>Photo of bookshelf by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4556156477/">See-ming Lee</a> licensed under a <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Unported</a>
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