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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.

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Oregon Passes Right To Repair Law Apple Lobbied To Kill (www.techdirt.com)

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Oregon has officially become the seventh state (behind New York, California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, and Minnesota) to pass “right to repair” legislation, making it easier and m…

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think there is this misunderstanding that Apple users are all trusting of Apple’s motives, decisions, eco-friendliness, etc. That’s not what I’m saying, and I think you would be hard-pressed to find somebody who’s actually drinking the Kool-Aid that hard.

What I’m saying is Apple is relatively better than windows and a few years ago I was optimistic that their incentives lined up with what I valued. I did not think they were doing it out of the kindness of their heart or some false notion of integrity they definitely don’t have.

I also am not as bothered by companies collecting data and using it internally as much as I am when they sell it to third parties without my consent. I don’t love data harvesting in general, but if I’m going to pick my poison, I’m going to prefer to keep it siloed.