> Who is the manufacturer of the item to be repaired? This isn't important to the point, but for the sake of argument; lets say society is the manufacturer. >

> Who is the manufacturer of the item to be repaired? This isn't important to the point, but for the sake of argument; lets say society is the manufacturer. > How is the manufacturer preventing repair? Local legal regulatory groups that deem some method of fixing (treating) some defect (health condition) too dangerous to allow. > What design decisions artificially limit repair to parties other than the manufacturer? Company (local agency) wont allow my neighborhood repair shop to buy (or make) replacement screens (medications) or batteries (contact lenses). > How does the manufacturer use existing regulation (eg DMCA or copyright) to prevent repair or access to information necessary for repair. Existing is a stretch considering the age of the DMCA. But drug scheduling in the US is an equivalent and equally nonsensical application of logic for example. > All of these questions make sense for right to repair, I know how to fix it, but because of laws and regulations and decisions outside my control, I'm unable to apply that knowledge. > and are mostly nonsensical in this case, since drug companies don’t manufacture bodies. The DMCA is your own example, and it's a law built and advocated to enable control, and reduce supply artificially. There's definitely a point to be made and a discussion to be had about the origins for control over health and medical issues. I think permitting the sale of snake oil is harmful to society, and we should prevent it so people don't have to become experts in human biology to not get conned. But treating chronic health conditions shouldn't be as hard as it is. The core of right to repair, is you shouldn't be allowed to prevent me from, or make it and possibly difficult for me to improve something I own and control. I think saying I own and control my body and health is a fair assertion, so the same argument applies; it's wrong to make accessing repair options for my health as hard as it is if I'm willing to try to fix it. I'd say the same concepts behind right to repair apply more so to the body because I can't just replace it.