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

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Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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California Right to Repair Passes to Governor, is it Too Good to be True? (youtu.be)

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There don't seem to be any obvious loop holes letting companies get out of it. But this is the bill Apple is supporting now, so from their track record, they've likely found some loop hole.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

We passed one of these in MA for automobiles via ballot measure. Auto makers flipped their shit.