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= What is right to repair?
In short, "right to repair" is the ability to fix the products you purchase. Because of the decline in the ease of repairing many electronic goods, a movement has evolved around the idea of right to repair. The principle of the movement is that if you own a product, you should have the ability to obtain the parts, documentation, tools, and software access needed to repair or modify the product. Right to repair as a movement is assertive of the concept "that ownership should be absolute"--that buying means buying the freedom to maintain it and restore it without relying exclusively on the manufacturer @repair-org. A meaningful piece of right to repair legislation should include several consumer-rights guarantees: access to fairly priced replacement parts; access to service manuals, or at the minimum, schematics; access to diagnostic or specialty tools; and the ability to unlock any software restrictions @what-is-right-to-repair.
The principle of right to repair is that if you own a product, you should have the ability to obtain the parts, documentation, tools, and software access needed to repair or modify the product. Right to repair as a movement is assertive of the concept "that ownership should be absolute"--that buying means buying the freedom to maintain it and restore it without relying exclusively on the manufacturer @repair-org. A meaningful piece of right to repair legislation should include several consumer-rights guarantees: access to fairly priced replacement parts; access to service manuals, or at the minimum, schematics; access to diagnostic or specialty tools; and the ability to unlock any software restrictions @what-is-right-to-repair.
Decades ago, most consumer goods--such as cars and radios--were designed to be opened and serviced by anyone with basic mechanical skills, a lot of the time, there were even service manuals and schematics printed inside the products or supplied with them. @what-is-right-to-repair. Recently however, there has a been a significant shift in the culture surrounding repair. As electronics advanced, becoming physically smaller, they became increasingly dependant on software, and these devices began being sealed shut, and their technical information was withheld from end users. This shift towards disposable, products gave rise to the modern right-to-repair movement.
Decades ago, most consumer goods--such as cars and radios--were designed to be opened and serviced by anyone with basic mechanical skills, a lot of the time, there were even service manuals and schematics printed inside the products or supplied with them. @what-is-right-to-repair. Louis Rossman, founder of Rossman Repair Group Inc. notes in a 2020 video introducing the right to repair that personal computers "came with thick books of schematics," however, as of 2016, "repair centers cannot get access to schematics and diagrams". There significant shift in the culture surrounding repair. As electronics advanced and became physically smaller, these practices expanded beyond personal computers; household devices became increasingly dependant on software, began being sealed shut, and their technical information gate-kept from end users. Disposable products became the norm, and with repair being hindered heavily, the modern right to repair movement was born. A major turning point came in 2012, when massachusets passed the nations first automotive repair laws @2012-mass-laws. Fisher from Landline.Media, a news outlet reporting on the trucking industry, reports that these laws required tools made available to the auto dealers also be made available for purchase to both owners and independent repair shops.
= Why is right to repair important?
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= How are manufacturers fighting back?
Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and suppliers who broadly claim that allowing consumers to exercise this right freely could lead to adverse consequences.
@whos-right-is-it
Manufacturers increasingly employ design and business practices that make independent repair difficult or even impossible. Common tactics include the use of proprietary screws, excessive adhesive, soldering typically modular components onto boards, and physically welding housings together, blocking internal access @repair-org. These obstacles make simple maintenance impractical. Another barrier is the introduction of digital locks, many companies--such as Apple--require "part-pairing" on all hardware used in their devices. Without reprogramming of replacement parts by an authorized servicer, pervasive errors may appear on screen, and the replacement parts could even be completely rejected by the motherboard.
== Ethical Issues
This section will focus on the ethical issues surrounding IP infringement, and how replicability may parasitize manufacturer profits. @11021197
== OEMs' arguments