Re: FTC defending right-to-repair

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Author: Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
CC: techlists, der.hans
Subject: Re: FTC defending right-to-repair

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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