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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by supernova87a on Sunday September 06, 2020 @02:59PM (#24393748)
First, I don't agree with your statement that the market / consumers are unable to decide.

Second, you should have a real think about where you want regulation to have ability to dictate what people can do. Energy efficiency is an area where people both 1) don't have clear info from manufacturers, and 2) it leaves a mess for others to clean up.

Owning something that is designed in a way that causes it to have a lower resale price later is not such an area.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by Symbiote on Sunday September 06, 2020 @06:47PM (#24395250)
> Energy efficiency is an area where people both 1) don't have clear info from manufacturers, and 2) it leaves a mess for others to clean up.

Isn't that very similar to repairability? Certainly the second point, and I've never seen a display in a shop give information on how phone batteries might be replaced.

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