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

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. @@ -841,8 +828,8 @@ -
Books, Games, Music, and Video
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Books, Music, and Video
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Books
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There are a lot of options for where to get your literature fix without any pesky DRM. We're highlighting some publishers and shops who are offering deals for you!
Delphi Classics has a wide range of classic literature available in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. Use the code fsfdelphi for 30% off orders over $10 through the end of December.
Ediciones Babylon can supply you with all of your Spanish language needs for comics, art, novellas, and novels. Use the code FSFDISCOUNTEB for 5% off all the way through March 2018.
No Starch Press pecializes in educational, instructional, and how-to books on everything from arduinos to system administration. Use the code ETHICTECH for 40% off through January 10th, 2018.
No Starch Press specializes in educational, instructional, and how-to books on everything from arduinos to system administration. Use the code ETHICTECH for 40% off through January 10th, 2018.

Give the gift of freedom!

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

Smartphones

Galaxy Note 2 with Replicant

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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.

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

@@ -239,20 +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 DRM to block competing software. + Apple uses Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) to block competing software.
Avoid: iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone 8, and other models.

Technoethical

Minifree @@ -318,7 +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.

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.

Stay away from: Makerbot

Stay away from: MakerBot

Books, Games, Music, and Video

Books, Music, and Video

Books

VPN Router

VPN Router

Stay away from: Spotify