is there really no Right-To-Repair thread?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/john-deere-to-pay-99-million-in-monumental-right-to-repair-settlement

probably could have gone under repairing things

Or technological backward steps tbrr w/u … but it’s actually worth its own thread

it’s actually worth its own thread

I agree, I know Elvis Telecom has things to say here as well

lol I saw the thread title and thought "this is for sleeve and ET, right?"

I tried to replace the battery in my supposedly disposable Phillips Sonicare electric via a youtube tutorial but it didn't go well. My soldering was fine but I couldn't put it back together again properly, it vibrated but not in a good way (save the wisecracks)

I had stupid and embarrassing beef with someone here about right-to-repair but they were eventually banned for other justifiable reasons. So my instant gut reaction is:

https://qc-ckb.s3.amazonaws.com/ilx/abfab-patsyvodka.jpg

Nevertheless, I won't break out the champaign until actual money and support from Deere start flowing in.

Meanwhile, a new front has opened up: Data Center Tech Lobbyists Fearmonger in Attempt to Retroactively Roll Back Right to Repair Law

Lobbyists for major tech firms like Cisco and IBM are trying to push through legislation in Colorado that would drastically roll back a groundbreaking right to repair law under the guise of protecting national security and data centers.

The legislation, which passed through a Colorado state senate committee on Thursday, would exempt hardware from the existing right to repair law if that hardware “is considered critical infrastructure.” One of the issues with this is that “critical infrastructure” is very broadly defined, and could include essentially anything. In practice, the law could essentially repeal huge parts of one of the most important right to repair laws in the United States.

“It relies on a broad, vague definition that allows the manufacturer themselves to self-designate whether their equipment is for critical infrastructure,” Louis Rossmann, a right to repair expert and popular YouTuber, testified at a hearing on the bill Thursday. “So if a laptop manufacturer knows the Pentagon buys their laptops, they can declare that line exempt. If a networking company sells a $20 switch to a federal building, they can claim that hardware is critical infrastructure. It’s a blank check for manufacturers to exempt themselves.”

hearing good things about MacBook Neo repairability

Xp - that is so absurd! Smdh

should this go here? pretty damn brazen: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-pulls-support-for-perfectly-fine-older-kindles/

just saw that! and yes, that belongs here.

Nikki 'Samyazan Scion' Ophan‬
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chat did u know if you put that shit on airplane mode and use calibre to load ebooks, you can use it until it falls apart no matter what jeff says? you cant group books by collection so its kinda inconvenient, but you can load your own shit on it and tell bezos to fuck off

h/t Elvis T

‪XianJaneway‬
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Did you know that France made planned obsolescence not just illegal, but CRIMINAL?

Even better, they started a "repairable index" to show how easy any item was to fix, & opened a series of repair shops for everything from phones to sewing machines!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2023/03/30/building-tech-that-lasts---learning-from-frances-reparability-index/

Attempt to repeal Colorado’s right-to-repair law fails
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/attempt-to-repeal-colorados-right-to-repair-law-fails/

A controversial bill in Colorado that would have undone some repair protections in the state has failed. The bill had been the target of right-to-repair advocates, who saw it as a bellwether for how tech companies might try to undo repair legislation more broadly in the US.