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Google Is ‘Thinking Through’ How to Make the Pixel Watch Repairable (www.wired.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or, make a full collecting and recycling tax to be paid by those uncaring clients.

No, that's not good enough. "Right to repair" is kind of an unfortunate name, because it really shouldn't be just about repair. My property rights include a right to modify, too, and letting manufacturers off the hook by doing first-party replacements instead of facilitating work by third-parties is not sufficient to protect that right!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd settle for first party repair and a repair window of up to 20 years.

Modification is great and should always be legal... But I'd take the win to get away from so much throwaway technology.