> We did it because the newer things tend to be _better_ in a lot of ways. We shouldn't be locked out of repairing our equipment just because the technology be

> We did it because the newer things tend to be _better_ in a lot of ways. We shouldn't be locked out of repairing our equipment just because the technology better nowadays. As I've said elsewhere within these posts, the reasons we've been locked out are more complex than that and it's ultimately to end-users' disadvantage (and to manufacturers' advantage).