<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>
<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 <a href="https://gnu.org/proprietary">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>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.</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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<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>
<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Microsoft Windows</h5>
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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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data.
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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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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.
<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Microsoft Surface</h5>
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<h5 class="text-center">Stay away from: Microsoft Surface</h5>
<ul class="cons">
- <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>
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>
- 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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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.