How well is that going to work out?
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- A wave of so-called right-to-repair or fair repair bills that would prevent companies from having repair monopolies have been introduced in states around the country. Last year, 12 states introduced bills that would require electronics manufacturers to make repair information available to consumers and third-party repair shops and would require them to sell replacement parts for electronics. It would also prevent them from using software locks to prevent repair or from remotely bricking electronics that use aftermarket parts. Already in 2018, 17 states have introduced fair repair bills.
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so...if you buy a device then the manufacturer is required by law to sell you the repair manual?
Seems reasonable...why not turn over the patents, intellectual property, and trade secrets too?
I have really mixed feelings about this. I abhor products that can't be opened, tinkered with, and fixed. But then again, I get most of my stuff at the dump, so my voice in the marketplace isn't really a valuable one. (And if everyone did like I did, there'd be no old stuff to play with.)
I'd rather see educated consumers holding manufacturers to account...by not buying their products. But obviously people love their iPhones and MacBook Airs (Macbooks Air?) and who is the government to tell them they can't pay what they like for the stuff they like?
I have mixed feelings about it too...so much so that I'm considering doing another post on it...stay tuned.
Time limits on patents,intellectual property and copyrights (a decade seems plenty), would do nothing but rocket the speed of progress in everything
Legislation is just a cash cow for the corporations and the lawyers, and nothing helpful...
18 cents....
...I'll say it again.....
18cents for a upvote! wooohooo!
Trust state government to effect fair or to squander treasure of private enterprise innovation to bad actors and global competitors - witnessed it first hand of of "invented here and stolen there" the treasure of IP and Mobile communication stolen and reversed engineering by foreigners and cheap knockoffs. The flip-side is greed and dubious ethics (even worse [criminal] those clowns in Redmond WA). Not talking washing machine and tosater ovens - talking about technology that could effect economic collaspe or worse - WW3. Trust GOVT with nothing - incompetent.
They could help enable more 3P repair shops for these things ... this is hardware, patents/IP doesn't really matter when I can just open it up and look inside. Whats wrong/bad is bricking a product when you look under the hood.
That would be like a car manufacture blowing up your engine if you try to change your own oil and then only allowing you to go to the dealership to get it changed rather than offering the knowledge and ability to 3P oil change places.
OR...it would be like an electronic device with a label that says 'no user serviceable components inside, breaking the seal voids the warranty'
how many DECADES has that been happening?
is it a precedent?
Yeah because companies totally have the right to disable devices you paid for simply because you decided to save a few hundred dollars by getting it repaired at a shop.. Seems like you enjoy talking about that you know nothing about as well...
a very useful post
We both know that the govt would fuck up a free lunch (they'd make us pay for it). So if they involve themselves in this the outcome is predictable
And don't forget a cut of the profits too while their at it!
Since this basically applies to Apple products, I see no problem with this. After all, apple voids your warranty if you try to fix it locally for cheaper.
There's this guy in NY city that's business revolves around fixing apple products, because they break down so easily.
Oddly enough, he never has any requests to fix devices with open source parts, such as samsung or sony. Just apple.....makes you wonder, doesn't it?