Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Hyundai Paywalls Brake Pad Changes (hackaday.com)

submitted 2 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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Changing the pads on your car’s brakes is a pretty straightforward and inexpensive process on most vehicles. However, many modern vehicles having electronic parking brakes giving manufacturers a new avenue to paywall simple DIY repairs.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Changing the pads on your car’s brakes is a pretty straightforward and inexpensive process on most vehicles

I used to work in this industry. Every week we saw some idiot come it with a botched brake pad change done by a brother in law. It's fucking dangerous. I'm with Hyundai on this.

US auto safety is a joke, most countries require frequent safety inspections while North America is drive it until you crash.

[–] ebolapie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That must be some idiot brother in law. Brake pads are safety critical but changing them isn't exactly brain surgery.

[–] Xande@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Hmmm how stupid does one have to be... Nevermind, they voted for a orange faced narcist toddler and a bunch of religious fascist hustlers actively working on the Forth Reich...