Your human rights are increasingly tied to your access to computing. Demand Right to Repair. Your ability to own, modify, and repair your devices is too important to trust to corporations that don't have your best interests in mind.https://twitter.com/ThE_JacO/status/1394272226715836419 …
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Replying to @cmuratori
I voided the warranty on an Apple keyboard because I took a key cap off that kept getting stuck. I just needed a new cap but they quoted me more than the cost of a new keyboard to repair. Probably the last apple product I’ll ever buy.
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Replying to @hazeycode
It definitely isn't a "right" in my opinion, but unfortunately I don't get to name things :) If it had been my choice, I would have called it "Service Neutrality", because it is exactly analogous to "Net Neutrality". It's Net Neutrality for parts and labor.
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Replying to @cmuratori @hazeycode
In other words, it is an economic law you want from your sovereign that prevents competition on restrictive grounds. It's an anti-trust law, not a civil rights law (although much like anti-trust, your civil rights may _depend_ on such laws).
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Replying to @cmuratori
It’s difficult to enforce such laws. Maybe not be the case with this but I still feel that boycotting would be more effective than legislation. There’s a larger environmental aspect too (that keyboard is now in a landfill).
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It is not difficult to enforce laws of this nature, it just requires people actually thinking they are a good idea. And if the government doesn't want to deal with it, they can split the proceeds from lawsuits, like they did with the False Claims Act:https://www.justice.gov/civil/false-claims-act …
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