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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Replacing the screen adhesive on an apple watch costs more than a new watch according to Apple! (youtu.be)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Engineer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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Thankfully Jonathan was able to take it to an independent repair shop for a $75 CAD adhesive fix (and battery replacement?) despite Apple's restrictions against them.

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[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I don't care about internet points. I want to save our planet and stop the 6th mass extinction that's underway from including humans, and nearly everything on it.

It's not too late.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

Well yes that’s my point but it seems my sarcasm flew above you…

I think though that the prevalent doom attitude -exhibited by the poster above- isn’t going to save anyone.