right2repair

Hopefully this will help lower objections to getting devices repaired

Tldr from [email protected]...

The situation is a heavy machinery example of something that happens across most categories of electronics, from phones, laptops, health devices, and wearables to tractors and, apparently, trains. In this case, NEWAG, the manufacturer of the Impuls family of trains, put code in the train’s control systems that prevented them...

In a forceful, 89-page memorandum, U.S. District Court Judge Iain Johnson wrote that the founder of John Deere “was an innovative farmer and blacksmith who—with his own hands—fundamentally changed the agricultural industry.” Deere the man “would be deeply disappointed in his namesake corporation” if the plaintiffs...

Polish article...

Tesla released the service manuals for their original Roadster yesterday, pretty rare to come across any kind of service manual nowadays. Great for R2R!...

A pretty comprehensive video by Hugh Jeffreys covering how Apple has been restricting repairability in their devices, even before 2012....

Full text of the ballot initiative: …amazonaws.com/…/Right_to_Repair_Leg_FINAL.pdf

Let’s hope they actually mean it. It could be cheaper than having different skews, but it’s good news nevertheless.

There don’t seem to be any obvious loop holes letting companies get out of it. But this is the bill Apple is supporting now, so from their track record, they’ve likely found some loop hole.

A group representing L. Ron Hubbard asked the Copyright Office to alter a repair exemption that makes it legal to hack Scientology’s E-Meter—and lots of other electronics, too.

iFixit tears down a Taylor ice cream machine and finds that it overheats often, takes hours to restart, and these issues are impossible to fix because of locked down software and terrible error messages. No wonder, since Taylor makes 25% of its money charging $315 per 15 minutes for their exclusive repairs....

I guess appealing to gut feelings scare factor is more effective at fighting Right to Repair than convoluted logical justification attempts.

Apple is one of the worst companies about being able to repair products. They’ve gotten several bills failed or neutered to not do anything. We don’t know yet, but they are likely trying for a neutering amendment here to keep control over the process. I’d love to be proven wrong, but all we have to go on is prior...

Dear Right to Repair...

Quote from the John Deere representative:...

Dear Right to Repair...

I am looking for a new computer and am considering a Tuxedo Laptop. Do you know how easy they are to repair and upgrade? I enjoy my Fairphone too much to her an unrepairable Notebook.

Replaceable batteries may came back.

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Fix tons of things from macbooks to trucks to cameras. I think they have something like a hundred thousand guides....