Show threadmart-w1d ago

Please don't toss your #TRMNL if you already have it, though.

It's still a good piece of hardware that consumed resources and probably does its job really well. The damage is done, but you can still make it yours. If you're not willing to do that, give it to someone who will get some joy from it.

Just make sure that the company behind it doesn't get any more support.

#DoNotUseTRMNL

mart-w1d ago

RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116285187367675480

This stings. A lot. I was really looking forward to my #TRMNL, and I'm sure a lot of other people did as well, but please cancel that order if you can. I wouldn't be able to enjoy it now that I know that the CEO is a MAGA prick.

#DoNotUseTRMNL

Niléane (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image you’d think this @[email protected] video would be about how he's sorry for having praised TRMNL, a company whose CEO turned out to be a homophobic, transphobic, pro-Trump, Charlie Kirk-loving douche but nope, it's actually about how much he still loves the product as well as the company's newer models that he was offered to review by that very same CEO -- oh and he’s also promoting his affiliate link for TRMNL purchases

Niléane & friends
Show threadSylviaSep 3, 2025

Update to my #TRMNL saga: I've successfully replaced it with #Fruitstand (https://github.com/BasementCat/fruitstand). See https://github.com/BasementCat/fruitstand/wiki/XIAO-7.5%22-ePaper-Panel for the screen I used it with and some setup info.

Very happy with Fruitstand. It's clearly more beta, but I'll just keep contributing small patches here and there. It's actually #OpenSource, actually has local plugins and is privacy-respecting (all unlike TRMNL) and from what I can tell the dev is chill and not a bigot :)

#DoNotUseTRMNL

SylviaJul 19, 2025

I would like to urge my followers to strongly avoid #TRMNL.

TRMNL calls itself "unbrickable" and Open Source, telling you you can host your own server and that basically everything is fully supported: https://web.archive.org/web/20250718183453/https://docs.usetrmnl.com/go/diy/byos. This is not true. The only thing a local server can do is send images to the device and *proxy from their proprietary server*: https://web.archive.org/web/20250718062040/https://github.com/usetrmnl/byos_hanami/issues/178.

To add insult to injury, TRMNL is trying to refuse me a refund, in gross violation of EU law.

#UseTRMNL #DoNotUseTRMNL