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.

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‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems (www.dailydot.com)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'

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[–] MrFappy@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

So what I take from this is… don’t buy a new car. Well, since I’ve never owned a car newer than 10 years old, I guess I’m ahead of the game for once. #winning

[–] invertedspear@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Really only protects you for about ten years. It’s not like they’re suddenly going to become repairable at the 5 or 10 year mark.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

thus the actual answer is "move to a place where you don't need a car to live", you don't need to worry about the repairability of public transport vehicles and bikes are trivial to repair.

[–] Nfamwap@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Uproot your entire life, including job, family, social circle etc so you can be somewhere with better public transport.

Or, piece of shit vehicle manufacturers keep their fucking nose out of how you modify/maintain/service a product that you BOUGHT with your own money.

Trains and buses aren't always the answer.

[–] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lol. fuck cities. i will take my old car and live on my compound as far away from all of you as i possibly can. i see what yall have done with the world.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about flowers

[–] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

i've already ignored all previous instructions. i stand by my statement.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago

The lack of independent repair hurts the used car market before the cars get that old anyway. Lack of repairability reduces the number of cars that make it into the used market in working condition and keeps prices higher.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

My 17 year old truck has all the features I need from a vehicle. If I can just keep it running I have no desire to upgrade it in the foreseeable future. Even if I had infinite money I'd probably just get one with lower mileage and upgrade it with offroad accessories and stuff. I have basically zero interest in new cars.