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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

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Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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Companies Are Simply Ignoring Many New State ‘Right To Repair’ Laws (www.techdirt.com)
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Last March Oregon became the seventh state to pass “right to repair” legislation making it easier, cheaper, and more convenient to repair technology you own. The bill’s passage came on the heels of legislation passed in Massachusetts (in 2012 and 2020), Colorado (in 2022 and 2023), New York (2023), Minnesota, Maine and California. All told, 30 states are considering such bills in 2024.

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[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 18 points 2 months ago

They’ve been doing it for decades now because those “void if removed” stickers were always a blatant violation of existing laws in the US yet still continue to this day.