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bucolic_frolic

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2. Hackers had a field day with computers and lots of other things

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Wed May 25, 2022, 09:40 AM

May 2022

If legislators can't go with right to repair, they should go with right to clone ... aftermarket parts have been a mainstay since the 1920s .. similar in form, fit, function, just not 100% the same.

And not to take manufacturers' side, but how many consumers have the expertise to repair these complicated things? Software, hard ware, fittings, electrical loads ... it's a nightmare.

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California's SB 983, the "Right to Repair" bill, dies in committee [View all] Auggie May 2022 OP

That is interesting that Apple was against this legislation, because they just started selling JohnSJ May 2022 #1

Didn't see that. Thanks for sharing. Auggie May 2022 #4

That was European pressure. hunter May 2022 #5

+1 Auggie May 2022 #8

Hackers had a field day with computers and lots of other things bucolic_frolic May 2022 #2

The bill was aimed to help support small repair shops Auggie May 2022 #3

Our old Kenmore dishwasher keeps on going. hunter May 2022 #6

The old stuff was built well Auggie May 2022 #7

We had an old Kenmore refrigerator about that old. hunter May 2022 #9