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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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They are being forced to allow customer repair and maintenance. The settlement requires them to provide outside access to a variety of tools and software, for the next 10 years. Still insufficient, but that's why it's being called a landmark deal. Nothing quite this has happened before, that I'm aware of.