> Making an electronic device more repairable would make it more complex (again, not in every case, but in general). Right to repair isn't about forcing manufa

> Making an electronic device more repairable would make it more complex (again, not in every case, but in general). Right to repair isn't about forcing manufacturers to make devices more repairable. It's about giving you the right to repair it in the first place. Right now we have paired components that can't even be replaced by genuine parts from a donor device, board components that aren't purchasable by anyone other than the OEM and a complete lack of access to repair documentation from OEMs. Even the most skilled repair technicians in the world with the best equipment money can buy aren't able to repair your device because they can't debug it without documentation, or they've reverse engineered it but can't buy the parts because they're not for sale, or they've taken the parts from another device but they won't function because the OEM software locked them to the device they came from. Linus from Linus Tech Tips said it best: "The vast majority of the opposition to right to repair comes from people who either haven't had it explained to them properly or from folks that are on board with right to repair even though they don't realize it yet" https://youtu.be/nvVafMi0l68?t=91 https://youtu.be/nvVafMi0l68?t=91