What "free" actually costs
Follow one week of one person's data from device to broker to buyer, using only documents already in the public record.
Learn
Ten cornerstone explainers. Written once, updated as the record changes, each one linking to the cases that prove it.
How a settlement works, and why it is not a punishment
Why $2.5 billion is thirteen days of profit, and why "no admission of wrongdoing" is the clause that matters most.
Planned obsolescence, in engineering terms
Glued batteries, paired parts, sponge counters, firmware that decides your cartridge is empty.
Dark patterns: a field guide
The named tactics, with screenshots from the companies that were sued over them.
Right to repair: where your state stands
What is law, what is pending, and what the lobbyists got removed from the bill.
Who actually owns them
From the operating company up through the holding structure to the asset managers, and where the trail stops being useful.
Consent you cannot refuse
Schools, hospitals, landlords and employers that require an account with a company you are trying to leave.
Federation, explained without jargon
Why email works across providers and why your messages do not, and what changes if that flips.
Leaving without losing everything
Getting your photos, contacts, documents and purchase history out, service by service.
How to tell a real community from a manufactured one
Written alongside our own labelled fake forum, using it as the worked example.