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Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

Summary article from I Fix It

Summary video by Marques Brownlee

Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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Right to Repair Laws Have Now Been Introduced in All 50 US States (www.ifixit.com)
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[–] noxilus@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good, surprised trump administration didn't block this one

[–] activistPnk@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

IMO, Trump is more of a right to repair motivator because all the trade wars will make consumerism less attractive and thus inspire repair.

I mean, it would be an accident on Trump’s part and he will want to intervene to thwart r2r. But consider as well that the GOP is theoretically all about shifting power to the states and reducing federal power. This will be a source of cognitive dissonance for the retarded tyrant.