What we collect, and what we earn
Short version: no cookies, no third-party trackers, no ad networks. Analytics run on our own server. If you give us an email for an alert, that is the only personal data we hold. Some shopping links are affiliate links and are marked as such.
Last updated 2026-08-16
Analytics
Lastware uses a self-hosted instance of Plausible Analytics(Community Edition) running on our own hardware. The script is served from this domain, so no third-party analytics host appears on the page. Plausible sets no cookies and stores no persistent identifier. It records page views, referrers, country, device class, and a few page-level properties (device category, vendor, support status) plus click events on things like the alert form and replacement links. Your IP address is used to derive a daily, salted, non-reversible visitor hash and is not stored.
End-of-support alerts
If you sign up for an alert on a device page we store your email address, the device you chose, and the time you signed up, in a key-value store on Cloudflare. That is the whole record. We use it for one thing: emailing you once, a few months before that device stops receiving updates. We do not sell, rent, or share the list. To be removed, email[email protected] and we will delete the record.
Hosting
The site is served by Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare sees requests at the network edge as any host does; its handling is governed byCloudflare’s privacy policy. We do not add any other third-party script, pixel, font host, or embed.
Affiliate links and how Lastware earns
Lastware is independent and takes no payment from any manufacturer. Support dates, statuses, and “longest supported” rankings come only from the sourced data and are never influenced by commercial relationships.
On device pages, the replacement module may include shopping links to retail partners. These are affiliate links: if you click one and buy something, Lastware may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate links open in a new tab, carryrel="sponsored", and are labelled in the module itself. Current partners:
- Amazon Associates. As an Amazon Associate, Lastware earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon’s own cookies apply only once you are on amazon.com.
Lastware does not run display advertising and does not use ad networks.
Questions
[email protected]. Corrections to device data are welcome on the same address; see Data & sources for how the dataset is built.