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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POV: it's black Friday soon - elecronics shoul be repairable! (www.youtube.com)

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Ironic video by fairphone reminding is that electronics should be repairable like bikes are... Or aren't they?

A recent article by ifixit highlighting how bikes are getting less and less reparabile too!

https://www.ifixit.com/News/101675/bike-manufacturers-are-making-bikes-less-repairable

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The absolute irony of tech companies claiming to be for the environment while making plastic crap that is easier and cheaper to throw away than repair.

But sure, please do tell us Microsoft/Google/Apple how environmentally friendly you are because you no longer include a charger with the $1k hunk of plastic!

Compare that to bicycles. You’ll find a lot more people able to and actually taking a bicycle frame out of the garbage and repurposing it for a new bike or an exercise bike.