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* The [https://soulcore.com/ SoulCore] exercise movement was founded by those who used to practice yoga, but are disillusioned by its perceived effects on their Christian (i.e. Catholic) faith, especially when Pope Francis [https://www.catholic.org/news/health/story.php?id=59107 cautioned the faithful] against the (perceived) spiritual dangers of yoga. Similar "Christian asana"/"Christian yoga" movements have sprung up as well, though they have also been criticised as a form of cultural appropriation by Hindu groups.
* Self-styled "Bitcoin millionaire" Erik Finman launched the FreedomPHONE in 2021 as a conservative response to smartphone platforms developed and operated by what is perceived by right-wing and/or conservative groups, particularly that of [[Donald Trump]] supporters, as censorious mainstream tech companies, especially when Trump became a social media pariah in the same year due to his role in the attempted insurrection in Washington D.C. In keeping with its appeal to the alt-right, Finman touts the device as "free speech and privacy" above anything else, and has the phone bundled with many alt-tech apps such as Newsmax, Parler, Rumble,Wikipedia DuckDuckGo, and OANN as well as the tracking blocker ClearGM. The [[irony]] is not lost when it was revealed that the phone was merely a [[Dolled-Up Installment|rebadged]] Umidigi A9, a low-end Chinese handset with an anaemic MediaTek system-on-chip being sold for an extortionate price.
* The American mobile provider [https://patriotmobile.com/ Patriot Mobile] was founded in 2015 as a conservative Christian counter to perceived liberal bias by major telecom providers, to the point that they'd associate themselves with prominent right-wing groups and write up loads and loads of drivel about how liberals are (supposedly) ruining America, and to top it all off, their [[More Dakka|undying obsession with firearms]]. Never mind the fact that the devices they sell come from companies with decidedly progressive leanings; T-Mobile was criticised for leasing their capacity to such a questionable organisation, but they scoffed off said criticism as they're a utility company with no jurisdiction on who to serve regardless of ideology.
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