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Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars will be a boon to sexual predators.

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[-] electromage@lemm.ee 32 points 10 months ago

A hacker mecca sounds great!

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 10 months ago

Yeah, what's the problem, Apple? Afraid of fostering a little innovation?

[-] masterspace@lemmy.ca 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The fucking irony of Apple saying that when they literally arose as a company from a hacker mecca. Woz and Jobs were hanging with Cap'n Crunch and got the seed money for Apple helping him run a phone hacking business.

[-] CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org 1 points 10 months ago

But jobs is dead and Woz was chased out and still an absolute maniac in the best ways possible. It's not their Apple.

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