#RightToRepair should be enough but it's not because it gets (re)interpreted as

"a right to get it repaired by a licensed & authorise repair shop"

We need better!

We need a #RightToSalvage w/o having to ask permission or pay for authorisation

We need a #RightToInteroperability so things work together

We need a #RightToPreserve to keep our culture from disappearing

We need a #RightToEncryption to have a private life

We need a #RightToInformation to get the schematics, repair manuals, etc

If I was the EU:

I'd get as far away from USA tech, economy, & thinking, become as incompatible as possible

I'd expand consumer laws: #RightToRepair, #RightToSalvage, #RightToInteroperability, #RightToPreserve, #RightToEncryption, #RightToHack, etc…

Rewrite tax laws so that you can only get a tax write-off on anything digital if you release it as open source

I'd massively invest in alternatives for the internet, which don't use the internet protocol stack, like meshcore, reticulum, etc…

Government, Organisations, Companies, etc should work towards #DigitalSovereignty & #DigitalIndependence) since given their size they can leverage law in their contracts with other parties

Natural persons, (found) families, informal communities usually lack leverage of any kind and should work towards #DigitalIndependence

#RightToRepair #RightToSalvage #RightToInteroperability

I want to be able to self-host my own email-server again!

I want to be able to self-host my own digital ecosystem

I don't want to be depend on the permission or cooperation of any corporate 3rd party for this

What a mess… :sighs:

#DigitalEcosystem #DigitalAutonomy #RightToSelfHost #RightToDigitalAutonomy #RightToRepair #RightToSalvage

In the long run Open Source is all which remains ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

All closed source, usually commercial, software comes with a hidden sell-by-date. For whatever reason — a merger, a hostile takeover, a new management paradigm, incompatible OS update, a bad financial year — someone you will never know can pull a rug and —puff— it's gone.

#FLOSS #FreeLibreAndOpenSource #OpenProtocols #OpenFileFormats #RightToRepair #RightToSalvage #RightToExtend

The Future is #Distributed #Durable #Repairable #Sustainable #Communal #CircularEconomy #SlowDown #NoGrowth #LibraryEconomy

We need #RightToTinker #RightToAmend #RightToDIY #Reuse #Repurpose #ReInvent #RightToSalvage #RightToRepair #RightToRepurpose #RightToShare #RightToOwn

#PSA Please when designing new tech consider that not everyone has a reliable 24/7 broadband internet connection, or a large screen, or a keyboard, or a mouse, or is able to get a domain name, or is able to run services from home, is able to power their home-server for the whole day, or can rent a VPS, or can have their ip-addresses be linked to an identity, or has one legal identity, or has one name, or has a recent computer, or has easy access to a debit or credit card, or has a bank account with either, or has a PayPal account, or has bitcoin, or one of many other things some and often many people just don't have, etc…

#PermaComputing #FrugalComputing #UnBanked #Durable #Repairable #CircularEconomy #LibraryEconomy #Sustainable #Communal #RightToTinker #Repair #RightToAmend #RightToDIY #Reuse #Repurpose #ReInvent #RightToSalvage #RightToRepair #RightToRepurpose #RightToShare #RightToOwn

#Reduce #Reuse #Repair #Repurpose #Regenerate #Reimagine #Redesign #Recover #Recycle

We need a #RightToSalvage #RightToRepair

We need #RegenerativeDesign

We need to #OwnTheEndNodes by #SelfHosting #MeshNetworks #DTN (Delay Disruption Tolerant Networking) #StoreAndForward

We have a #RightToPrivateLife #RightToEncryption #RightToPrivacy
#RightToPseudonymity #RightToAnonymity
#RightToBeForgotten
#RightToBeLeftAlone
#RightToBeSafe (but not to feel safe)

Soon internet is going to be way more regulated and restricted. The global supply chain may collapse. Energy, water, food, clothing, housing will only get more expensive.

Pseudonymity (like I rely on) will mostly be a thing of the past for individuals.

Hopefully we can keep #usenet alive and community run.

Consider getting your #AmateurRadio licenses.

Find like minded people in your local community and establish mutual aid groups?

Maybe together set up a community wide mesh network to keep everyone informed and have communication available should something happen to the non-community run ones?

#Reduce, #Reuse, #Repair, #Repurpose, #Regenerate, #Reimagine, #Redesign, #Recover, #Recycle

Learn to mend clothes. Learn to make clothes.

Learn gardening. Collect rainwater. Compost. Grow food. Keep chickens. Keep bees. Learn to cook and preserve. Stock up.

Learn to repair and salvage.
Learn to make tools. Learn to design and write programs. Learn electronics.

Establish in law and in code
the #RightToRepair
the #RightToAmend
the #RightToDIY
the #RightToSalvage
the right to own the means
the right to inform and teach others.

“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce words and bullets, not food and shelter.”