FTC defending right-to-repair

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You might find this guy interesting  :  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhuia0skrus




On 2021-05-07 18:37, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> 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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