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 -- # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # "Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down # by the mind before you reach eighteen." -- Albert Einstein --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss