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"right to Repair is incredibly popular because it’s common sense—at least to those who aren’t manufacturers. Society works best when we are empowered to fix our

"right to Repair is incredibly popular because it’s common sense—at least to those who aren’t manufacturers. Society works best when we are empowered to fix our stuff" here is the next win for common sense: a repairability index. invented in france where they know a thing or two about revolutions https://grist.org/climate/why-frances-new-repairability-index-is-a-big-deal/ https://grist.org/climate/why-frances-new-repairability-inde...

alphanullmeric 3y ago
Right up there with the democracy and freedom index as numbers you attached to your opinion and present like facts.
- nologic01 3y ago
  A repairability index is about as objective as can get: a list a components and their modes of failure along with a checklist of: * what can be repaired by the owner using spare parts, instructions and common tools * what can be repaired by an independend third party * what must be repaired by the manufacturer * when must something be junked and how much of it can be recycled These are not "opinions". At some point we need to start calling out the criminal indifference of vested interests (and their shills) to the sustainability question
  - alphanullmeric 3y ago
    A freedom index is about as objective as it can get: a list of categories and their rights along with a checklist of: * what kinds of guns can be owned * what kinds of cars can be owned * what kinds of speech is allowed * what proportion of income one can keep These are not "opinons". At some point we need to start calling out the criminal indifference of vested interests (and their shills) to the freedom question
    - pests 3y ago
      I feel you are trying to make some kind of point but I am not getting it. Sure, start a democracy index by the methods you stated and compile a list and put it somewhere online and I'm sure people would find it useful. Those facts are useful for people looking into the freedoms of different places. We are talking about repairability here though. What is the complaint? I think some confusion here is about "a number" people keep mentioning. Is it a single number that has to be objectively weighted by the facts? Or are we talking "a list of..." or data points which _are_ just facts can people can make their own opinion of?
      - alphanullmeric 3y ago
        Are they facts?
        pests 3y ago
        Uh yes? What types of guns you can own is a fact. What types of components in a phone can be replaced by the user and those replaced only by apple is a fact. I'm not quite sure what you are implying. Are those not facts?
        alphanullmeric 3y ago
        Is it a fact that the United States is the most free country? Your index isn’t called “index of phones by number of parts replaceable”, just like mine isn’t called “index of countries by gun ownership”. Like I said, you attached a number to your opinion and want to present it as a fact.
        pests 3y ago
        > Is it a fact that the United States is the most free country? Probably not? Who said it was or wasnt? Maybe if we had a list of facts about each country we could determine for ourselves, no? This was my above comment. I don't think anyone wants a single number "index". Just give the facts. Its not called "index of phones by number of parts repalceable" its "here are the facts on these 5 axis about the repairability of various phones" go make your own choice. Its not called "index of countries by gun ownership" its "a list of freedom facts about the country, one of which is gun ownership"

alphanullmeric 3y ago

Right up there with the democracy and freedom index as numbers you attached to your opinion and present like facts.

nologic01 3y ago
A repairability index is about as objective as can get: a list a components and their modes of failure along with a checklist of: * what can be repaired by the owner using spare parts, instructions and common tools * what can be repaired by an independend third party * what must be repaired by the manufacturer * when must something be junked and how much of it can be recycled These are not "opinions". At some point we need to start calling out the criminal indifference of vested interests (and their shills) to the sustainability question
- alphanullmeric 3y ago
  A freedom index is about as objective as it can get: a list of categories and their rights along with a checklist of: * what kinds of guns can be owned * what kinds of cars can be owned * what kinds of speech is allowed * what proportion of income one can keep These are not "opinons". At some point we need to start calling out the criminal indifference of vested interests (and their shills) to the freedom question
  - pests 3y ago
    I feel you are trying to make some kind of point but I am not getting it. Sure, start a democracy index by the methods you stated and compile a list and put it somewhere online and I'm sure people would find it useful. Those facts are useful for people looking into the freedoms of different places. We are talking about repairability here though. What is the complaint? I think some confusion here is about "a number" people keep mentioning. Is it a single number that has to be objectively weighted by the facts? Or are we talking "a list of..." or data points which _are_ just facts can people can make their own opinion of?
    - alphanullmeric 3y ago
      Are they facts?
      - pests 3y ago
        Uh yes? What types of guns you can own is a fact. What types of components in a phone can be replaced by the user and those replaced only by apple is a fact. I'm not quite sure what you are implying. Are those not facts?
        alphanullmeric 3y ago
        Is it a fact that the United States is the most free country? Your index isn’t called “index of phones by number of parts replaceable”, just like mine isn’t called “index of countries by gun ownership”. Like I said, you attached a number to your opinion and want to present it as a fact.
        pests 3y ago
        > Is it a fact that the United States is the most free country? Probably not? Who said it was or wasnt? Maybe if we had a list of facts about each country we could determine for ourselves, no? This was my above comment. I don't think anyone wants a single number "index". Just give the facts. Its not called "index of phones by number of parts repalceable" its "here are the facts on these 5 axis about the repairability of various phones" go make your own choice. Its not called "index of countries by gun ownership" its "a list of freedom facts about the country, one of which is gun ownership"