How can you help with the hardware vendors? If you think it will make a difference, don't buy hardware from these predatory players But most importantly -- when any group issues a call to mail employees at companies about these issues PLEASE JOIN IN! Be polite Be detailed Help us when we attack a specific vendor Don't confuse by asking for "vendor support" Don't confuse by asking for "vendor source code" Simply ask for "programming documentation" and .. ask for a personal reply. It does not work everytime. But it has worked often enough.