Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics
by dhimes on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:34AM
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Not to mention that the friends won't help stop bad laws from being passed because they don't understand how the laws affect them.
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Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics
by wiz21c on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:39AM
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That's kind of what I was aiming at.
If some pass laws that make my choice to go outside FBook, Google or whatever-Internet-monster, then I'm screwed.
That my current nightmare. But I have not the faintest idea if this is close to reality or not. EFF zealots would probably very close while the very existence of ubiquitous free software says the opposite. Dunno...
Re:Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics
by hutzlibu on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:37AM
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Well, I don't think, there will be a law soon that requires an FB account or alike. But there have been cases, that people had to show their FB account at the border, or need it for school/University (or for job interviews )- so if there will be a structural disadvantage for people out if the corporate chain, then it will be a de facto law.