How the Federal Trade Commission Can Use Section 5 To Strengthen the Right to Repair
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Consumers’ right to repair their products is under attack. Manufacturers have decimated this long-held right by making parts unavailable, preventing products fr
      • maynarkhEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’ve a fairphone and the gave me a screwdriver and a manual for it. They’ll also continueaking parts for it well into the future.

  • auth@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Right to repair is luckily starting to catch up… not sure why it isnt happening more quickly though

  • Sploosh the Water@vlemmy.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Anti consumer practices are inherent to capitalistic motives. The longer a product exists, the stronger the pressure is to make it less repairable and shorter-lasting.