FTC defending right-to-repair

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OOPS!!  https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup

On 2021-05-07 18:28, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> I've watched several of this guy's videos.  One of the things he is
> involved in right-to-repair.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2021-05-07 13:07, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>> moin moin,
>> 
>> "the FTC said manufacturers were, among other things, regularly 
>> breaking
>> or stretching warranty law, deliberately designing products that are 
>> hard
>> to fix, keeping repair information secret, using patent and trademark 
>> law
>> to thwart repair efforts, discouraging independent third-party 
>> repairs,
>> and using software to lock out changes"
>> 
>> The FTC can't sue companies, so we won't suddenly get past boot loader
>> lockdowns. Still, better for us to have support from the FTC rather 
>> than
>> manufacturers and data pipe providers to hide behind the FTC.
>> 
>> https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/07/ftc_repair_report/
>> 
>> ciao,
>> 
>> der.hans
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