This is a great article, however I feel a bit like it's shouting into an echo chamber. Many people in sci/tech industries are already aware of the importance o

This is a great article, however I feel a bit like it's shouting into an echo chamber. Many people in sci/tech industries are already aware of the importance of repairability and right to repair controversies. For an article like this to actually make a difference to the entire population, it needs to be written and published somewhere the general public will see it. It also needs to be dumbed down and put into terms the average person will understand: lose the "robotic arm" example and start talking about how that shiny $2000 exercise bike that you just bought for your wife will someday, inevitably, become an expensive ornament because Peloton's servers have shut down and the hardware/software can't be modified. Until the average person cares about repairability, longevity, and hardware ownership, it just won't take hold. In my opinion.