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Halfway through he describes this as malicious compliance with the "right to repair" law. Apple and others are making a mockery of the law.

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[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

haha, I'm 45, so you don't have to explain the pre-Internet-ubiquity world to me, but I appreciate it. My first car was from 1982, which I got in 1995. I had a big boom box in the back seat that took D cell batteries. (Because it had no radio and I didn't have money to buy one, but I had the boom box already.) I get the appeal, I just mean to say that there are people who do make their own cars. And while they make incredibly impressive and even outlandish things, I'm pretty certain they could also make you a very basic car, for a price. And probably a lot less than most new cars. They'll just want the money to front is all. And there's probably not much in the way of guarantees.