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You want a right to repair things you have rented?

• gruez 5y ago
  My initial comment[1] was supposed to point out that it's not limited to rentals, contrary to what OP says. The rest of the thread is talking about your rights when you purchased something. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27213202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27213202
  • mannykannot 5y ago
    To this outside observer, the discussion between you and tw04 appears to consist mainly of you trying to change the subject away from tw04's trenchant comment, through the introduction of increasingly distant irrelevancies. What does right of repair have to do with Hetzner's new policies?
    • gruez 5y ago
      Because it's a slippery slope in terms of user freedom. The comment I was replying to basically says "well that's what you get for renting, if you want the freedom to do what you want buy your hardware", which is starting to become false. The right to repair is a follow up to that: if you can't do what you want when you rent, and can't do what you when you buy, where does this leave other user freedom initiatives?
      • mannykannot 5y ago
        > if you can't do what you want when you rent, and can't do what you when you buy, where does this leave other user freedom initiatives? Right where they were, given the rather significant difference between owning and renting.