FluxJul 30, 2023

I'm pinning this to my profile. Feel free to do the same.

Originally from: iFixit
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EDIT: added further text, crediting iFixit (I didn't expect this to be shared as much and want provide extra credit), added the new version, alt text from @Hawkwinter and added details about the license

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Show threadSaria
@Flux @Hawkwinter This is cool, and there is one more important right that comes along with a right to repair that isn’t mentioned: the right to know what’s in your equipment.

If you have the right, and the ability, to fix a piece of equipment, it becomes much harder, if not impossible, for the manufacturer to hide things in it that do not need to be there. If you can open a device, and know what every component in it does, you will know which parts of it are only there for a nefarious purpose, such as spying on you, or cripple the device to force you to buy a new one or upgrade.
Aug 6, 2023 at 2:05amWeb
Show threadFluxAug 6, 2023

@saria
We need to ensure that right to repair regulation provides an easy means of auditing, modifying, getting access to, sharing and selling source code that comes with the device or is needed to run and to make full use of it after x amount of years (4 sounds reasonable as it's enough time that most devices would end their support by and enough that the company can benefit from getting ahead but quick enough so it doesn't take forever for the public)

And no trivoization should be allowed

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FluxJul 30, 2023

I'm pinning this to my profile. Feel free to do the same.

Originally from: iFixit
Licensed under: Creative Commons "BY-NC-SA" https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

EDIT: added further text, crediting iFixit (I didn't expect this to be shared as much and want provide extra credit), added the new version, alt text from @Hawkwinter and added details about the license

Show threadFluxAug 3, 2023
@Hawkwinter The blue poster is the newest version
Show threadFluxAug 6, 2023
Damn nearly at 300 boosts and favourites!
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Aug 3, 2023

@Flux "Dump and replace" ( the opposite of repair) is a massive waste of resources, and responsible for a1substantial output of CO2 in manufacturing but also delivery and retailing.

For this reason it should be made law that once you own something *you own it* and can alter it in any way you like.

The law should prevent manufacturers from
- requiring a product be repaired only by their repairers. This often involves shipping the product to and from another state.
- requiring the owner to agree to any conditions regarding the use of the product after the sale of the product (eg downloading software, starting an " account" with the manufacturer, or signing a revised user agreement)
- making spare parts available only as "assemblies" where the customer is forced to buy more components than the part that needs replacing
- stocking spare parts for less than 10 years

Show threadFluxAug 3, 2023
@anne_twain also allowing for software on the product to be easily replaced by the user I would believe to be incredibly important for the sake of long term maintainability of products. Heck releasing the source code under a FOSS licence after a certain amount of years is also a good idea to allow members of the community (individuals or companies) to further maintain otherwise rotting code and makes it impossible to have a "time bomb" to make the product expire prematurely
Show threadIoanAug 5, 2023
@Flux I love that my #fairphone4 is supported for so long AND can easily be repaired as well as the battery replaced etc
#mobilephone #technology #RepairRecycleReuse
Show threadFluxAug 5, 2023
@IoanSaid if only more phones gave the user so much power and modularity
Show threadIoanAug 5, 2023
@Flux I think one or two are SLOWLY moving that way...
Show threadSariaAug 6, 2023
@Flux @Hawkwinter This is cool, and there is one more important right that comes along with a right to repair that isn’t mentioned: the right to know what’s in your equipment.

If you have the right, and the ability, to fix a piece of equipment, it becomes much harder, if not impossible, for the manufacturer to hide things in it that do not need to be there. If you can open a device, and know what every component in it does, you will know which parts of it are only there for a nefarious purpose, such as spying on you, or cripple the device to force you to buy a new one or upgrade.
Show threadFluxAug 6, 2023

@saria
We need to ensure that right to repair regulation provides an easy means of auditing, modifying, getting access to, sharing and selling source code that comes with the device or is needed to run and to make full use of it after x amount of years (4 sounds reasonable as it's enough time that most devices would end their support by and enough that the company can benefit from getting ahead but quick enough so it doesn't take forever for the public)

And no trivoization should be allowed