Submitted by Sorin61 t3_y795hi in technology
meandmyboner t1_isu7q6s wrote
Reply to comment by Interesting-Month-56 in FTC Wants to Add Right to Repair to Existing Energy Saving Rules by Sorin61
currently there is a viable business model for smart repair those who can stay at the edge of the tech curve. after right to repair, this may all go away and those idiots can starve. then, consumers will just pay higher rates for either someone who can repair efficiently or for just a new/replacement product at greater price than original product. so dumb. they don't want the right to repair. they want to force companies' warranties to read a certain way, they want companies/consumers to pay higher costs, they want there to be no way to repair anything. 'right to repair' doesn't even make sense. you already had the right to repair any damn thing you like....sorry some repair people are too stupid to figure it out or can't offer their own warranties in replace of those from the manufacturer that are voided when repaired by a non-certified repair person.
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black box parts anyone? try fixing that.
danbert2000 t1_isu9izt wrote
Most of what you said is unmoored in fact. There are plenty of things that you can't repair because the companies lock their maintenance software away. Apple for one spent the last decade locking screen replacements behind onerous tools that they denied to people and businesses on their whim. John Deere kept parts from being installed in tractors unless an "authorized dealer" replaced them and they got their cut. Warranty void stickers still litter electronics even though they are unenforceable. You ignore the obvious proof that there is a problem and instead peddle what ifs and mischaracterizations of what right to repair is. If this cuts into business revenue it's only because they are currently rent seeking with their current repair schemes and the current loss is in user's expensive or artificially denied repairs. So essentially you're parroting some odd line that companies' repair revenue is more important than consumers' savings on being able to choose who repairs their product and how.
meandmyboner t1_isw0490 wrote
IF SOMETHING IS LOCKED, THEN UNLOCK IT YOU UNINITIATED TWIT. GET SMART AND FIX SHIT. BE DUMB AND BITCH, CHANGE LAWS AND FUCK CONSUMERS OVER. IF WE WANTED YOUR SERVICE WE WOULD BUY SOMETHING ELSE, RIGHT? HINT....WE DON'T WANT YOUR SERVICE THAT MUCH.
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