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Elizabeth Warren comes out in support of a national right-to-repair law
- monsterbash506 8y agoBroken clock Lizzy Warren is right for all the wrong reasons.
- abalone 8y ago“Update 12:41 PM ET: Copy changed to clarify that the proposal will only apply to farm equipment.”
- ddingus 8y agoIt is a start.
- defterGoose 8y agoYes, because farm equipment is the only durable, expensive good that plays a key role in peoples' survival and well-being. SMH.
- dragonwriter 8y agoIt was announced as part of an agriculture platform; because there isn't actual legislation proposed, all the reporting has as a basis for scope is the reference to what it would do for agriculture. Whether what Warren actually wants is something explicitly limited to agriculture or whether the benefits to ag are just the key selling point when the proposal is mentioned in the context of agriculture remains to be seen, AFAICT.
- nullsmack 8y agoIt's a start but I hope it expands from there. As someone else noted, Farm equipment is hardly the only area where DRM has been applied to hurt and tollgate people.
- captainredbeard 8y agoNow that's a policy that folks across the aisle should be able to unite behind (provided that it only entails disclosure of repair details vs. dictates design requirements, which is a different matter entirely).