this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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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

Summary article from I Fix It

Summary video by Marques Brownlee

Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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Fix tons of things from macbooks to trucks to cameras. I think they have something like a hundred thousand guides.

Many companies are making their things harder to fix, but from what I've seen, IFixIt has been pretty fast to try and circumvent them.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And they sell replacement parts for a sensible price. I love that site.

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

The only good replacement battery I ever bought for a phone is from them.