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Is now a time to start caring about RIGHT TO REPAIR?????

• CharlesW 4y ago
  What's the connection between charging for individual features and "right to repair"?
  • michaelbuckbee 4y ago
    It comes down to if we're buying products that we own and then can make any repairs or modifications that we want to with them or if we're merely licensing the product.
  • bluefirebrand 4y ago
    No idea what GP meant but here's my take: Right to Repair would imply that individual components of a vehicle can't be under a subscription to use because that implies you don't have full ownership of the part. Also Right to Repair usually includes some requirements on manufacturers to publish the schematics and repair manuals publically or at least provide them to owners. That means whatever piece controls the subscription would be known, and could be bypassed or removed more easily. I dunno though. This is just my thoughts
  • Arrath 4y ago
    Presumably one would be able to 'repair' the lockout on a feature of the car that you own but are locked out from.
  • matheusmoreira 4y ago
    The connection is computer freedom. We should be able to replace their shitty defective-by-design subscription software with free software that does what it's told and it should be illegal for the corporation to put any barriers to stop us from doing it.