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Gas stoves are a great example, because in most countries you don't have a right to repair. And it's not manufacturers making it hard, it's the state putting yo

• TeMPOraL 3y ago
  RE RrR - but you have the right to call in any certified technician to fix your stove. This fulfills what RtR is about - not that everyone does their own repairs themselves, but that they can either do or outsource it to someone in their local community, without being beholden to some outside commercial interests. This enables local repair businesses to thrive and develop expertise. Etc. As for electronics, if batteries are becoming such a problem that we end up comparing things to gas stoves, I'd vote for regulations mandating standardized, interchangeable, interoperable battery packs. That is, isolate the directly dangerous bit - batteries and charging circuits - and make those work like propane tanks or gas stoves, while everything else in the device should be end-user tinkerable.
  • jacquesm 3y ago
    Another reason why bikes are as locked down as they are is because to be certified bikes have to confirm to a whole pile of regulations and two of these centers on power limits and speed limits. If a bike is hackable it could easily lose certification and that means you can't sell it any more, in an extreme case it would be applied retro-actively (though there currently is no instance of this the certification requirements as written are open to that interpretation).