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It is so difficult to find modern electronics without telemetry and ads. Smartphones, laptops, TVs, home routers, security cameras, cars, game consoles, e-readers, projectors, 3D printers, fitness trackers, speakers, and even some printers. Why can’t customers be free from this data collection and advertising? It’s not that we don’t care about it. There simply aren’t many alternatives, and the few that do exist are either more expensive or offer fewer features. Seriously, we need a list of products we can buy and use directly without worrying about telemetry or advertising.

The following list is updated at https://lemmy.ml/post/52706206. Please note that this list may contain errors.

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[–] Joker_1902@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I don’t have it so I can’t tell for sure about the telemetry part but PineTime is an open source smartwatch, so if someone can confirm about telemetry you could add it to the list.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 2 points 6 hours ago

I have one, I got it to replace my broken pebble. It felt very limited in comparison.

I have since upgraded to a new pebble time 2. Fully open source now, not sure about telemetry, but since it is FOSS it is able to be modified.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 3 points 7 hours ago

Well it can only connect via Bluetooth to your phone so the watch itself can't possibly have telemetry, it's up to what companion app you use. And there are a lot of foss ones, like Gadgetbridge