I believe that people should be able to have the benefits of technology without having their privacy violated at every turn. I also reject the idea that people should be dependent on these big tech companies in a way that intentionally makes it difficult to switch from one technology to another.

Everything I sell is hand built by me personally. I also maintain all the software and update the hardware designs to improve them over time. Furthermore, all the hardware and software for the products I sell is open source and freely available.

It may seem odd to have electronics on Artisans Coop, but it's really a natural fit, given my values. We both want people to be able to be independent from big tech companies who really just do not care about their customers/users at all. The main reason Artisans was founded was specifically because of how a huge corporation (Etsy) was treating their sellers (and that, of course, also affected the buyers).

I do hand assemble everything, so all my product are truly hand made. I can assure you that there is skill involved in building these and I have plenty of bad boards to prove it!