Saturday, 19 June 2021
quote [ The proposed federal-level legislation, though, would compel original equipment manufacturers to provide consumers and independent businesses access to the tools, schematics, and parts required to fix broken devices. ]
I love fix stuff! Repair schematics make me ecstatic.
Worst offenders:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7m8mx/john-deere-promised-farmers-it-would-make-tractors-easy-to-repair-it-lied https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-20/microsoft-and-apple-wage-war-on-gadget-right-to-repair-laws https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war Write your congressperson! https://www.repair.org/stand-up
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