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The FTC and DOJ want to make sure it’s legal to repair McDonald’s ice cream machines (www.theverge.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Fucking absolutely!

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 8 months ago (2 children)

They still need some rulemaking around this and general right to repair though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

and general right to repair though.

And right to modify!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Exactly, to use a bizarre example it illegal to trade onions on the futures market specifically but the bill that law is in has broader language curtailing market manipulation through supply hoarding. If the right to repair gets written up it will set precedent