> That doesn't sound all that unreasonable, at first. Selling an item, then selling the repair manual to that item, isn't unreasonable - it's an insult to your

> That doesn't sound all that unreasonable, at first. Selling an item, then selling the repair manual to that item, isn't unreasonable - it's an insult to your customers, and only a few steps removed from extortion. It's the manufacturer saying "I want to use technical means to control how you can use the item, even after you've bought it - and by extension, to control you." I hope the right to repair movement makes this practice illegal.