myrmepropagandistSep 25, 2023

For me, right to to repair isn't just about ewaste, and preventing corporate gouging.

It's about mental health. Being able to fix your gadgets is therapeutic. Empowering. Good for the soul.

In a world full of complex technology it's easy to feel small and helpless. And maybe I'm too much of an idealist, but I think that if everyone could experience the joy of fixing or modifying a gadget now and then we'd all be a little more open minded, a little more daring. A little harder to push around.

Show threadmmby
@futurebird the first time I fixed something that was breaking (breaking solder in my small mp3-player jack) I was really elated - and whatever you fix and works again is more valuable to you afterwards, there are only upsides
Sep 25, 2023 at 4:45pmWeb
Show threadponyponypony just cannotSep 25, 2023
@mmby @futurebird I have an early 2000s HP Laserjet printer where the circuit board was printed with early non-lead solder, and it tended to die of cracks within a couple years, but I baked the board it in my oven a couple of times according to someone's online recommendations and it has been fixed for a decade and a half now.
Show threaddr2chaseSep 25, 2023
@mmby @futurebird Helped a friend with his old audiophile stereo that turned out to have a failed op-amp, had one of those rip-van-winkle electronics moments when I realized that the specs on the new cheap-generic op-amps kicked the shit out of the old specialty "audiophile" op-amp.