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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by krona on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:54AM (#21123356)
If politicians didn't regulate businesses, we'd still be working 100 hours a week for 1€/hour.

Except that's not how it happened, at least in England and the US in the 19th century.

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Re:EU brings in 'right to repair' rules for appliances by bainsfather on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @06:20AM (#21123811)
In the uk, we had e.g. the ten hours act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factories_Act_1847

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