Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars will be a boon to sexual predators.

  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Sure, if they want the wraith of the EU on them.

    The EU has a tendency to intervene when a market is unable to regulate itself.