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Somewhat related: Something's seriously wrong when farmers complain about John Deere trying to prevent farmers from repairing their own tractors. It seemed tha
by kiba 6y ago
Somewhat related: Something's seriously wrong when farmers complain about John Deere trying to prevent farmers from repairing their own tractors.
It seemed that companies are trying to exert power over the horizon of user property rights.
It had gotten to the point that "right to repair" movement became a thing.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoTo me, it's the same issue. The way I see it, "Right to Repair" is the hardware equivalent of Free Software movement. (It's also widely misunderstood. It's not, as some claim, assuming everyone can be a software developer / electrical engineer. It assumes everyone can either be one, or find one in their neighborhood - being able to ask, and possibly pay, other people to fix or improve your software/hardware is the goal here. Free Software and Right to Repair want to let people do what people do best: self-help within their communities, be it personally or via local markets.)
- Demonsult 6y agoAlso somewhat related, "Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act" covered similar ground for automobiles. This help discourage auto manufacturers from keeping the digital aspects of repair (error codes, etc.) from being too secret.