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Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

The DMCA really fucked us long term. Cory Doctorow has thankfully been highlighting the damage it’s done. It’d be awesome if Canada had the gumption to drop their version now that our asshole president is tariffing the shit out of them.