Maybe we should really think twice when purchasing new amazing gadgets. It can be this, a drone, a phone or anything that comes to your mind.

The default has become to get consumers locked in as much as possible, be for your data or money exploitation or both (check the Slack thread for a non the non-profit HackClub).

If you pay 800 dollars for this device and a year after they ask you for your driver's license (as for the top comment). Are you willing to waste those 800 dollars you payed for it or will you upload any sensitive docs demanded from them? Or if they decide to phase it out early because there is no real adoption, will you get your money back? Will they make the device open so it can still be used by their "owners"?

So the way I see it: you give big money to already super rich companies. You also give them your data. You are forced to comply their rules and in even in any of those cases when they decide you shouldn't use it anymore they deprecate it and keep the device close. No, thanks.

The bottom line is this: do extensive research before making a single penny leave your wallet to try to minimize getting fucked up as much as you can.

We should educate as many people surrounding us as possible so they can make good or informed purchase decisions as well.

This should also be taught to children so from an early age they can understand very well that privacy and data has proven to be extremely profitable to virtually any company out there.