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Give the gift of freedom!

This is the 2017 Giving Guide. For more current recommendations for ethical gift-giving, please see the 2018 Ethical Tech Giving Guide.

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.

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.

This guide replaces these holiday humbugs with better devices from ethical companies—no creepy remote deletion of files or 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.

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).

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- Tell your friends + Tell your friends

Use #givefreely. You might get a gift out of it!

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- Host a Giving Guide Giveaway + Host a Giveaway

- Download the printable version. + Printable version coming soon!

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- Support free software activism + Support free software

- Donate to our suggested charities in your friend/family member's name + Donate to our suggested charities

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Why it's cool: Ever feel like every time you pick up your smartphone, someone is watching you? This may not cut off their access entirely, but it will make their job a little harder.

Your smartphone is so much more than a phone: it's a tiny computer you carry with you every day, and for many people around the world, it's their only internet-enabled device. Choosing one of these phones lets you bring software freedom everywhere you go.

You can also get an S2 or S3, complete with Replicant.

@@ -215,20 +219,21 @@ Runs the Replicant free operating system, based on Android.

- Features F-Droid, the free software catalogue that makes it easy to get all the applications you need without sacrificing control of your phone. + Features F-Droid, the free software catalog that makes it easy to get all the applications you need without sacrificing control of your phone.

Note: While the main processor is exclusively running free software, the modem processor runs a Samsung nonfree system.

Stay away from: iPhones

Stay away from: iPhone

Comes with no shortage of spyware.
- iOS is a fully proprietary operating system, giving Apple control over the software on the devices. + iOS is a fully proprietary operating system, giving Apple control over the software on the devices.
Apple uses Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to block competing software.
Avoid: iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, and other models.

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Technoethical

- Sale details. + The T400 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Sale details.

Minifree @@ -294,7 +299,7 @@

Why it's cool: You need a reliable computer for work and play. This one is just dandy for both, minus icky DRM and spyware.

Setting up a fully free system is easier than it used to be, but can still seem daunting -- especially if you've never done it before. Luckily, you can now get a new-to-you laptop that's ready to go out of the box.

Setting up a fully free system is easier than it used to be, but can still seem daunting—especially if you've never done it before. Luckily, you can now get a new-to-you laptop that's ready to go out of the box.

Technoethical also has a T400s available.

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Durable hardware is meant to last and is easy to repair.

Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.

Stay away from: Windows

Stay away from: Microsoft Windows

Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product -- each account is assigned an advertising ID to help Microsoft sell user +
Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product—each account is assigned an advertising ID to help Microsoft sell user data.
Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. Read more about Windows's abuses.

You can find Windows on computers like the Dell Inspiron Touch-Screen, HP Omen, and Lenovo Ideapad.

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X200 with GNU/Linux

- - - Respects Your Freedom certified, but shipping is limited to the US. Sale details.

- Technoethical + + Minifree

- Technoethical's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Global shipping is available. Sale details. -

+ Minifree's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified.

+ + + Technoethical
+

+ Vikings

- Vikings's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Global shipping is available. Sale details. + Vikings's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Global shipping is available. Sale details.

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Libiquity's X200 is Respects Your Freedom-certified, but shipping is limited to the US. Sale details.

+ Minifree +

+ Minifree's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified.

+ Technoethical

Technoethical's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified, and global shipping is available. Sale details.

Vikings

- Viking's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Global shipping is available. Sale details.

+ Viking's X200 is Respects Your Freedom certified. Global shipping is available. Sale details.

Why it's cool: Take it to the office, take it to the cafe, take it to class, take it home and set it up on the counter so you can listen to NPR while you cook. Do all of this the easy way.

Why it's cool: Take it to the office, take it to the cafe, take it to class, take it home and set it up on the counter so you can rock out while you cook. Do all of this the easy way.

This machine is made to go everywhere with you, and thanks to Libiquity and Technoethical, you can have your mobility and your freedom too.

This machine is made to go everywhere with you and thanks to our friends who make RYF products, you can have your mobility and your freedom too.

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Created by a small business that replaces all restrictive components from a stock laptop.

Stay away from: Apple

Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.
Runs on proprietary software that restricts the user's freedoms.
Apple app stores use DRM to restrict what you can do with your purchases.
Comes crawling with spyware.
Avoid: MacBook Air (and MacBook Pro)

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Stay away from: Microsoft Surface

Runs on proprietary software that profits from treating the user as a product -- each account is assigned an advertising ID to help Microsoft sell user - data. -
Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. Read more about Windows's abuses.
Forced "upgrades" give Microsoft a backdoor to do anything they want with your apps or data--including removing them.
When major security bugs are found, the NSA gets the option to exploit them before they're fixed.

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Why it's cool: Sometimes you need heavy-duty computing power that a laptop just can't provide.

Gamers, video editors, and other users may want or need a more powerful machine â a desktop is the answer when you really need that extra push. Also good for users who want a bigger screen.

Vikings offers three desktop computers. (ThinkPenguin also has desktops.) @@ -548,15 +559,18 @@

Options of coming with the FSF-endorsed Trisquel or Parabola operating systems.
Choose between corebook and Libreboot.
Free boot firmware.
Customize and specialize to your needs.

Stay away from: Intel Management Engine

Stay away from: Apple iMac

Intel Management Engine is a little piece of firmware that performs various tasks while computers are booting, running, and sleeping. This poses a major security risk and threat to user freedom. While there's not actually anything that can be done about Intel ME at the moment, it's good to know what's lurking inside your computer. -
Mandatory Windows updates force users to test potentially unstable new versions. Read more about Windows's abuses.

An iMac puts designers and film makers at risk:

Photoshop and Illustrator have pesky DRM that can prevent the software from running even with a valid subscription.
Format lock-in keeps users from switching software.

Stay away from: Alienware Aurora

This gaming desktop claims to come without boundaries, but it does include enough proprietary software to limit any gamer.

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Why it's cool: Trying to go 100% free? Do it the easy way â just plug this into your USB port and you're ready to go.

Why it's cool: Trying to go 100% free but stuck with a proprietary Wi-Fi card? just plug this into your USB port and you're ready to go.

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Why it's cool: Think ahead -- if you give this to your friend or relative, they might use it next year to make YOU a gift.

Why it's cool: Think ahead—if you give this to your friend or relative, they might use it next year to make YOU a gift.

3D printers are an amazing learning and exploration tool for kids and a fun toy for grownups, and they've come a long way from their origins in the early 2000s. Keep it free and fun by digging into the zillions of free software options for modeling, and communities that share freely licensed designs.

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Performance and seamless interface earned it "Editor's Choice" in Tom's Guide's 2016 3D printer comparison.
Hardware designs available to make customization easy. Standardized material format allows 3D printing with plastics, wood-, stone-, bamboo-, rubber-, and metal-like materials.
Performance and seamless interface earned it "Editor's Choice" in Tom's Guide's 2017 3D printer comparison.
Hardware designs are available to make customization easy. Standardized material format allows 3D printing with plastics, wood-, stone-, bamboo-, rubber-, and metal-like materials.

Stay away from: MakerBot

- MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation. + MakerWare software is proprietary, restricting freedom and stifling innovation.
MakerBot was founded with a more freedom-respecting philosophy, but has since announced an increasingly proprietary approach and distanced itself from the community that formed around it. @@ -814,8 +828,8 @@ -
Books, Games, Music, and Video
- +
Books, Music, and Video
+

Books
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- + -
+
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- Dischord Records, a classic punk label providing music since 1980.
- Emusic is the Web's second largest music store.
- Folkways, courtesy of the Smithsonian Institute.
- Merge Records, home to Grammy-winning and well-loved indie darlings.
- Nine Inch Nails
- They Might Be Giants

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Stay away from: Spotify

DRM is the unfortunate standard for so much major-label music that's available today. While Spotify certainly isn't the only offender, they're the one we are choosing to highlight.

In addition to streaming music encumbered by DRM, people who want to use Spotify are required to install additional proprietary software. Spotify's build for GNU/Linux is available as a Debian package that requires Debian non-free and comes with "onerous license conditions."

Spotify isn't the only offender when it comes to putting DRM in music—all major streaming services do this with the support of big record labels.

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.

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You can find your DRM-free video fix at places including:

ComedyDirect can make you laugh while storing your videos locally.

Moving Image Archive is a section of Archive.org containing thousands of film releases, available to stream or download.

Sintel has a huge selection of DRM-free films made with free software.

WolfeOnDemand provides for all of your LGBTQ watching desires.

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X200, T400, iPhone, and ISP-provided router images are in the public domain.

LulzBot 3D printer photo by Aleph Objects is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

ThinkPenguin with GNU and both ThinkPenguin router images by ThinkPenguin are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.

Technoethical Replicant N2, Wi-Fi Dongle, and X200T by Technoethical 2016-2017 licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Technoethical Replicant N2, Wi-Fi Dongle, and X200T by Technoethical 2016-2017 licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Unported 4.0.

Photo of bookshelf by See-ming Lee licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Unported