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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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[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That'd be sick as fuck. Shame it sounds like it'd just be in the eu

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 months ago

It might be cheaper to make it a standard across the board than producing 2 separate models. Unless that makes the device that much more expensive.