The right to repair the things we own shouldn't be something that a president had to issue a executive order about. It should be a given, that if we legally acquired something, we should be able to have it repaired if that fits out needs.
Not only that, there should be a whole ecosystem of third party shops where we are able to get the repairs done if we so choose to have it done. There is a whole set of reasons why we should be legally able to do so, from price to convenience of access, that the manufactures of our devices shouldn't be able to stop us from getting repairs from third parties.
For third party shops to be able to repair our devices, there is no need for them to have full access to all the trade secrets of the manufacturer of the device. Just enough information to be able to perform repairs, just have access to the information needed to do the repair and the parts to make a quality repair.
Companies that block the right of repair of people, are not looking out for their customers. They are looking for their own bottom line, forcing their customers to either pay the what they ask for or buying new replacements for the device that broke down. Their best interest, is not always the best interest of their customers.
Repairing our things should be a normal part of the life cycle of all products. Extending the life our things, specially our electronic devices, is a good thing for the environment , since it helps to reduce e-waste. Most damage that most electronic devices encounter before they need to be replace is an easy fix, and as such it should be encourage to be fixed.
At the end, as owners of our devices, we should have the final say when we replace them and when only fixing them is what we need. When we buy them, they belong to us.
The companies that manufacture them don't have a say in when we replace them, or where we have them fixed.
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