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I have never understood the demand for "right to repair" laws any ways. Don't you know the terms of repair before you buy the device ? Simply don't buy an iphon

I have never understood the demand for "right to repair" laws any ways. Don't you know the terms of repair before you buy the device ? Simply don't buy an iphone if you want to repair it yourself. If there is enough market for repairable devices someone will make them eventually otherwise you are only imposing a huge compliance cost on everyone else and slow down innovation for many companies.

kiba 5y ago
People want schematics and parts available for purchase, as well prohibition of companies from going out of their way to make devices harder to repair as opposed to having to work with design constraint. It's not that complicated or costly to enforce.
- KorematsuFred 5y ago
  > It's not that complicated or costly to enforce. Two points. - What is your evidence that it is not complicated or costly ? Remember that lost profits because of repairs is a perfectly valid cost to be considered here. - Someone builds a device, it is their device and they are selling it to you with full advertisement that certain parts can not be repaired. How moral is it to impose additional restriction on such an entity through government coercion ? Seems immoral thing to me. Today it is about repair, tomorrow it will be something else.
least 5y ago
Is there a huge compliance cost for something like providing schematics for your devices? I agree that people should do their due diligence when purchasing their tech products, but I am strongly against a company doing something solely for the purpose of impeding repairability.
- KorematsuFred 5y ago
  > Is there a huge compliance cost for something like providing schematics for your devices? Yes. How much cost do you think a large company incurs to make few documents publicly available. Note that it is not just a document you share, you are putting your entire company's reputation into that doc, every cut corner and opening yourself to potential lawsuites as well.

kiba 5y ago

People want schematics and parts available for purchase, as well prohibition of companies from going out of their way to make devices harder to repair as opposed to having to work with design constraint. It's not that complicated or costly to enforce.

KorematsuFred 5y ago
> It's not that complicated or costly to enforce. Two points. - What is your evidence that it is not complicated or costly ? Remember that lost profits because of repairs is a perfectly valid cost to be considered here. - Someone builds a device, it is their device and they are selling it to you with full advertisement that certain parts can not be repaired. How moral is it to impose additional restriction on such an entity through government coercion ? Seems immoral thing to me. Today it is about repair, tomorrow it will be something else.

least 5y ago

Is there a huge compliance cost for something like providing schematics for your devices? I agree that people should do their due diligence when purchasing their tech products, but I am strongly against a company doing something solely for the purpose of impeding repairability.

KorematsuFred 5y ago
> Is there a huge compliance cost for something like providing schematics for your devices? Yes. How much cost do you think a large company incurs to make few documents publicly available. Note that it is not just a document you share, you are putting your entire company's reputation into that doc, every cut corner and opening yourself to potential lawsuites as well.