>With low-cost products, the strategic response for manufacturers would be to lower new product prices and flood the market, thus reducing the appeal of repair.

>With low-cost products, the strategic response for manufacturers would be to lower new product prices and flood the market, thus reducing the appeal of repair. >Manufacturers would be incentivized to raise new product prices, which hurts consumers So to sum it up, right-to-repair could lead to lower or higher prices, which are both bad!