3 ms·
the right to repair movement is fascinating because it has no political alignment (it includes city folk + farmers, for example), has passed legislation in a lo
by awinter-py 6y ago
the right to repair movement is fascinating because it has no political alignment (it includes city folk + farmers, for example), has passed legislation in a lot of states, and implicitly comes with a bunch of other digital rights (because repair is power)
it's also easy to understand -- there's no generation gap. Unlike privacy, the harms are immediate and most people have experienced them.
repair.org is IMO doing as much good as EFF / ACLU on a way thinner budget
- markdown 6y agoUnfortunately, going by Louis Rossmann's latest video, the right to repair means nothing if you don't have access to the parts you need to fix Apple products. And of late, Apple have been preventing their suppliers from selling parts to third parties.
- awinter-py 6y agonot saying it's not a fight
- bubblethink 6y agoThe notion of ip is so deeply ingrained in the US, that I doubt you'll see the kind of Chinese bazaar that you really need. The US will only adapt when China gets significantly ahead.
- markdown 6y ago> I doubt you'll see the kind of Chinese bazaar The point is that that's what you had (admittedly on a much smaller scale) in the US, but that it's now disappearing, seemingly in response to the push for Right to Repair. Watch his latest video.