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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by bergstromm466 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:37PM (#24394866)
> What right do you have to demand that things be manufactured in a particular way?

What right does the corporatocracy have to poison the world and create wasteful, planned-obsolescent, proprietary, non-modular tech? What right do Global North countries have to create monopolies for intellectual 'property' that keep people from understanding the basic building blocks of our modern world (and who are therefore easier to rip off/cheat)?

> I don't want my tablet's battery to be user replaceable!

Tell that to the kids in Ghana choking on your (and our) e-waste

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mleQVO1Vd1I

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by grecht on Sunday September 06, 2020 @05:59PM (#24395003)
Read the comment you were so quick to get enraged about again. They do want their devices to be repairable, just not “user-replacable”. And maybe don’t link a video from a Russian propaganda channel if you want to be taken seriously.
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