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Re:India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops by HPsquared on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:25AM (#43620084)
We (in the West, at least) live in an age of vendor lock-in. In the East, it's state lock-in but vendor freedom.
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Re:India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops by intrasight on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @06:34AM (#43620133)
There are plenty of places where both are locked in
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Re:India's repair culture gives new life to dead laptops by HPsquared on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @09:35AM (#43621621)
I suppose, but they are free to pirate Disney movies or whatever. Maybe "freedom" wasn't the right word for lack of IP protection.
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