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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by ncallaway on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:08PM (#26995287)
> If company does not want to allow consumer to repair a device- it ought to provide extended warranty to the consumer for a small fee.

I would modify that:

If a company restricts a consumer from repairing a device (either explicitly in warranty policies, or implicitly by producing devices that are hard to repair, restricting part availability, or not having manuals available), then the company must (not should) provide an extended warranty for all damage scenarios at cost.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by Koshkin on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:25PM (#26995553)
> devices that are hard to repair

Define easy? (Modern electronics, for instance, is highly integrated, full of miniature surface-mounted components etc., and so the "repair process" might as well be simply selling you a replacement for the whole thing.)

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:46PM (#26995855)
> Define easy?

See the definitions by iFixIt.

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by rasz on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:34PM (#26996594)
Apple already does this, they define _at cost_ as a cost of a new device.
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:18PM (#26995435)
> hen the company must (not should) provide an extended warranty for all damage scenarios at cost.

So would you agree on $1 million fee per customer? (which is what companies would probably ask if you made such law)

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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by rocqua on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:44PM (#26995839)
It states "at cost" so only the extra costs made for the repair
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Re:It's your device, you should be able to repair it by fsflover on Friday April 30, 2021 @12:46PM (#26995860)
How do you independently evaluate those costs?
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