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Oregon’s governor signs right-to-repair law that bans “parts pairing” (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This has to be one of the stupidest takes ive seen. They aren't innovating, they are making it so things break after set amounts of time, you cant repair it without massive headaches and the expense of proprietary parts, so people end up basically having to buy a new device that is either the exact same or had only a few changes to it but costs more money than the original. That's not innovation, that's just a cash grab.