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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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[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Nobody should be using potentiometer joysticks anymore. That's just ridiculous. Optical joysticks have been around since the mid 90's. Even my ancient SideWinder Force Feedback Pro is a huge improvement over anything with a potentiometer. It still works and doesn't have any drift issues. Hall effect joysticks are great too.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

It's Nintendo, they know the thing will sell a hundred million copies regardless of the quality

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 13 points 17 hours ago

Exactly. I'm shocked that people are buying the 80-$90 game bullshit. But, brand recognition.

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