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   FreeTech Project (freetechproject@floss.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:15:15 JST FreeTech Project

   A Ton Of Folks Don’t Know What ‘Right To Repair’ Is, But Strongly Support It Once They Do https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/21/a-ton-of-folks-dont-know-what-right-to-repair-is-but-strongly-support-it-once-they-do/ #RightToRepair #technology #tech

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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:15:09 JST Tek say resist

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

     @freetechproject @rysiek I’m a little surprised that it's not universally understood.

     "Suppose that chair you're sitting in broke.”

     "Yeah?”

     “And you want to fix it, right?”

     "Sure."

     “What if someone told you it was illegal to fix it?”

     "I'd laugh at them."

     “There, now you get it.”

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:15:09 JST feld

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
     Take it one farther
     
     "Suppose you own a home"
     
     "Yeah"
     
     "And you want to repair, maintain, and improve it, right?"
     
     "Sure."
     
     "What if someone told you it was illegal in your state because they don't give permits for owner/builder?"
     
     "I'd laugh at them"
     
     "And then the city inspectors will show up when your neighbor reports you to the local government and shut everything down and make you pay a contractor"
     
     "fuck"
     翠星石 likes this.
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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:21:24 JST Tek say resist

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     • feld

     @feld I wouldn’t bring it up. Too many people think that’s a good idea, even for things that don’t involve safety.

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:21:24 JST feld

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     • Tek say resist
     it's just as crazy though that we shit on property rights like that
     
     sure, require an inspection, but otherwise leave me alone
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:24:21 JST feld

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     • Tek say resist
     this isn't really an HOA problem as it exists beyond HOAs where it's dictated at the state and/or city level.
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     Tek say resist (tek@freeradical.zone)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 03:24:22 JST Tek say resist

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     • feld

     @feld You’re preaching to the choir. But remember, lots of people like living in an HOA.

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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 12:01:20 JST 翠星石

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     • Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
     @tek @freetechproject @rysiek I would say that it's even worse than that.
     
     Here's an excellent example of what digital handcuffs are: https://web.archive.org/web/20211118053107/http://wearcam.org/seatsale/index.htm