The Librarian of Congress just gave more support to right-to-repair. It ain't perfect, but it is a step in the right direction.
In the long run, small businesses will probably end up on the plus side from fixing the items that do it yourselfers tore up while exercising their right to "repair".
This is good progress. I thought you already could unlock your cell phone, so long as it's paid off with the carrier? For one of my old smart phones I was able to request an unlock code after it was paid off with AT&T so I could use an international SIM card while traveling. Or was that just what cell phone companies have offered regardless of legal obligation? Or does this expand it so you could still unlock your phone even if you haven't paid it off with the carrier?
Agreed, this is annoying. We wouldn't have to "upgrade" phones as frequently if we could just upgrade the battery. The supposed benefit of this (making phones more water resistant) is not worth it, unless someone is frequently dropping their phone in the toilet.
John Deere appears to be dropping their resistance to right-to-repair. https://www.reuters.com/markets/com...ng-farmers-right-repair-equipment-2023-01-08/
I also assumed that it meant you could (try to) repair something without voiding a warranty, but I could certainly be wrong about that.
I do always like the amusement of when I click on a supposed argument that paywalls suck only to find that they have a paywall. If paying for the proprietary brand tool and permission to access your car's recorded data is a apocalyptic problem, then isn't paying for your branded column of words the same fucking problem? I guess in the end if I am going to try and avoid proprietary cars where I have to pay a sort of apple tax to get it to work, I already should know pirating is an option because the tools to get the data will be available on the pirate market because I could fucking use it to get to your article. Thanks for the warning, butt pirates already know the dangers of pirating. get it, butt pirates.
