Рубрика: Right to Repair
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Iowa Farmers Are Leading the Fight for Repair
If you eat food, you’re already in this story. John Deere is still trying to kill the Right to Repair, but Iowa farmers are pushing hard to retake their rights.…
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Apple AirPods and Malicious Compliance
Apple’s AirPods are the perfect distillation of how Apple uses lock-in to simultaneously enable great products, and to prevent anybody else from doing the same. They also exemplify Apple’s antipathy…
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BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair
BMW filed a patent for a proprietary screw that looks like the BMW logo. They say it looks cool, we’re worried it’s going to stifle repairs.
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Your Car Is a Smartphone With Wheels, and the App Store Is Rigged
Imagine a notice pops up on your car’s main screen: Maintenance required. Contact your dealer to schedule an appointment. What maintenance? Doesn’t say. Maybe you have a gas-powered car or…
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Tools Are Infrastructure
Have I now found the only corporate booth at the entire congress? The question came from a visitor as she drifted over to our table—curious, not accusatory. It’s a reasonable…
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“Worst in Show” Returns at CES 2026, Calling Out Gadgets That Make Things Worse
Repair.org, the repair industry trade association, announced the 2026 Worst in Show awards today, annual anti-awards that spotlight the most harmful, invasive, wasteful, and unfixable tech on display at CES. …