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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‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems (www.dailydot.com)

submitted 10 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The auto industry is full of POS bullies. Everytime one for them goes into another industry they are totally turds and mess everything up then leave cause no one likes them and they pissed off vendors.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I heard that called seagull management. Swoop in, make a lot of noise, shit everywhere, then leave.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Using that at work. Very accurate.