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There are laws that are forcing the manufacturer to explain why me changing the mirror on a car would void my warranty of the engine. And is fair, if I changed
by simion314 6y ago
There are laws that are forcing the manufacturer to explain why me changing the mirror on a car would void my warranty of the engine. And is fair, if I changed something in the engine and the engine got destroyed because of it they will not have to pay anything. Is it impossible that 1 guy could abuse this system , yes it is possible, should be screw everyone else because of this possibility instead of finding a way to prevent the abuse? sure we should do this instead of screwing everyone and by "coincidence" making more money for the companies that are against right to repair.
- zepto 6y agoIt’s really not clear what you are trying to say here.
- simion314 6y agoWe have already in most countries laws for warranty. My warranty is not just voided because I opened my laptop and cleared the dust and it is a good thing.
- zepto 6y agoOk, but the right to repair goes beyond just opening the laptop and clearing dust. Your warranty should be voided and the manufacturer should no longer be liable if you make unauthorized repairs.
- rasz 6y agoRead Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. This is why car manufacturers cant pull this type of shit https://www.mclarenlife.com/threads/psa-mclaren-is-trying-to-sweep-this-issue-under-the-rug.99781/ https://www.mclarenlife.com/threads/psa-mclaren-is-trying-to...
- zepto 6y agoSo what? That’s a piece of legislation about cars. It doesn’t apply to anything else, nor should it.
- rasz 6y agoand by amazing sheer coincidence the main topic, and the poster you try to argue with both talk about CARS.
- zepto 6y agoSo what - we’re talking about the more general right to repair. The original posting also talks about Apple. If you want to talk about things that only apply to cars, this isn’t a very useful conversation to be having on Hacker News. If you want to explain how this law would be applied in a more general way, that might help.
- simion314 6y agoThere are similar laws for electronics, at least in EU, you need to have a good reason to void my warranty, if I say upgraded the 512Gb SSD with a bigger one and then the keyboard broke you just need to put an effort and invent some plausible reason before you void my warranty. Though let's be honest, most people that end up in third party repair shops are there because the warranty expired already and for example Apple charged them almost the full price of the device to have it fixed.
- zepto 6y ago“Apple charged them almost the full price of the device to have it fixed.” What kind of repair are you talking about?
- shagie 6y agoThis is true for cars - but not farm equipment.