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Right to Repair

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

Summary article from I Fix It

Summary video by Marques Brownlee

Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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(EU) Current state of right to repair (PDF) (repair.eu)
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https://repair.eu/resources/policy-brief-current-state-of-eu-right-to-repair/

With respect to repair information, this is a bit disturbing:

But only for those few products already covered
by repairability requirements under Ecodesign
Regulations. Plus, during the guarantee period, it
is still possible for manufacturers to replace the
product if this is cheaper.

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