> The right to repair won't help the school computer shortage. There aren't enough broken computers, nor enough people able to repair them, to make a difference

> The right to repair won't help the school computer shortage. There aren't enough broken computers, nor enough people able to repair them, to make a difference. I don't know how it looks in most of the USA, but in Africa this is absolutely the case. In uni I was part of a nonprofit and as part of that I spent 3 weeks in rural South Africa traveling between schools to help with cleanup, maintenance, installation and some basic computer training for teachers and staff. The vast majority could not afford classroom computers on their own but relied on donations through organizations like the one who was sponsoring us - in a lot of cases refurbished equipment that in often needed hardware replacements and repairs due to the environment they were in.