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Re:The Feds Want to Know What the McFuck Is Going on with th... by swiley on Wednesday September 01, 2021 @11:28PM (#28388363)
The correct thing to do would be to say that they need cleaning not that they’re broken.

Much like the right to repair the problem here is that the manufacturer is lying, it’s just that the lie is slightly different.

Re:The Feds Want to Know What the McFuck Is Going on with th... by tedunangst on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:15AM (#28388594)
What if the machine does say it needs cleaning?
Re:The Feds Want to Know What the McFuck Is Going on with th... by void_mint on Thursday September 02, 2021 @02:11AM (#28389167)
If "it needs cleaning" is hidden behind an error code that is pay-to-decipher over the phone, it clearly doesn't.