RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rberger/115822218111537197

Now we've got #US #tariffs, countries can enforce #righttorepair and #righttomodify laws 🥳

@FirewallDragons I think #RightToRepair must necessitate any #RightToModify, because #RepairReuseRecycle necessitates #Upcycling and thus using #AftermarketFirmware.

  • And the "legitimate objections" have long been adressed by #ETSI et. al. mandating a #Lockdown on #Baseband / #Wireless-Chipset firmware to "enshure compliance"...

Needless to say I think even that is overreach, as regulators like @BNetzA not only can but will enforce spectrum regulations and pursue violators by all legal means, so it's not as if there is a rampant flood of #SpectrumViolations amd no means to stop them - far from it.

  • Personally I want to see a mandate for the maximum possible extend of #maintainability and #modifyability only limited by legal (regulatory compliance) and technical limitations...

🇬🇧 🚆🔧 #StopKillingTrains! Not only computer games but entire trains are being arbitrarily disabled by their manufacturers. EU Commissioner Breton now admits that EU law doesn‘t protect us.

We finally need a full #RightToRepair and a #RightToModify the devices we bought! #Pirates

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/stopkillingtrains-mep-calls-for-rules-against-the-arbitrary-disabling-of-devices-by-manufacturers/