Right to Repair

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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.

I Fix It Repair Manifesto

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Great channel covering and advocating right to repair, Lewis Rossman

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Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 week ago by ExtremeDullard@piefed.social to c/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de

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"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."

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[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

honstly it seems like it's a pretty fucking low bar to make a low-tech vehicle. The designs and plans have been around for a REALLY long time.

It's mostly issues with legislation and efficiency and billionaire companies trying to stop it.

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago

Check out https://www.opensourceecology.org/

All sorts of important agricultural and industrial tools open sourced for rural/impoverished areas.