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)

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

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[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You can just buy aftermarket tools from Eastern Europe that don't have such nonsense.

[–] uis@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Do you hear it? The sound of parlamentarism!