this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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Right to Repair/Ownership

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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde "oem" parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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Bosch: “We Don’t Support Self Service” (24 day old article) (fighttorepair.substack.com)
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If you’re wondering why we need right to repair laws, consider home appliance maker Bosch, which refuses to give customers service manuals, necessitating unnecessary and expensive service calls.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cue in the impending wave of repair problems with the proliferation and aging of Bosch ebike drive units. Unfortunately AFAIK none of the alternatives are any better at that, and Bosch at least has a lot of repair available at local bike shops. Also Bosch'es units are fairly reliable.