this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Right to Repair/Ownership

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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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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really hope the manufacturers don't just make EU versions of phones cuz I bet this wouldn't pass in the US

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I doubt something like that will happen because it would only complicate designing they products etc. They would also lose their arguments about "safety" and shit. But it absolutely wouldn't surprise me if that happened because it's corporations that we are talking about.