Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active states

Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by Wowfunhappy on Monday January 25, 2021 @09:56PM (#25911877)

The only problem is, this only works if there's enough competition for consumers to have a real choice. If Apple and the 4 (?) largest Android manufacturers all decide they're content with a repairability score of 2, there isn't a whole lot consumers could do, regardless of whether they'd like more repairable devices.

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Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by kilotaras on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:03AM (#25913552)

That state is not stable (in game theory sense) though.

At least on Android there's no real vendor lock-in so defecting from "unrepairable" phones will let you eat some portion of competition sales.

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Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @08:18AM (#25915436)

And since that doesn’t happen, it means the economics of a repairable phone don’t make any sense.

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Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by jka on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @05:20AM (#25914218)

Another (unlikely, but possible) market exploit is that a large enough supplier could intentionally encourage the existence of lower-quality manufacturers, allowing them to gain trust from consumers who wish to buy (what they believe should be) quality, durable products.

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Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by google234123 on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @02:29AM (#25913414)

I like the new phones, they pack more tech/power/screen into a nicer package every year. Remember when phones weren't water proof?

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Re:Right to Repair off to the races in 2021 with 14 active s... by modo_mario on Tuesday January 26, 2021 @03:23AM (#25913644)

Yeah because the majority today isn't.

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