Louis Rossman has gone from NY kid repairing customer's Apple products against Apple's wishes to "Right to Repair" and "Right to Own" champion.
While the actual devices discussed here are trivial, the core point is critical. Like so many other fundamentals of modern society we have to get this right even though it isn't particularly mainstream or sexy.
#PSA Please when designing new tech consider that not everyone has a reliable 24/7 broadband internet connection, or a large screen, or a keyboard, or a mouse, or is able to get a domain name, or is able to run services from home, is able to power their home-server for the whole day, or can rent a VPS, or can have their ip-addresses be linked to an identity, or has one legal identity, or has one name, or has a recent computer, or has easy access to a debit or credit card, or has a bank account with either, or has a PayPal account, or has bitcoin, or one of many other things some and often many people just don't have, etc…
@CCC Die #StopDestroyingGames #ECI kämpft für digitale Eigentumsrechte: Publisher schalten gekaufte Spiele ab – für immer, ohne jeglichen End-of-Life-Plan für Kunden. Bis zum 31. Juli läuft die Petition, die durch Medien und YouTube neuen Aufwind bekommen hat. Jetzt brauchen wir eure Reichweite, damit wir die benötigten Stimmen erhalten und die EU diese Praxis untersuchen muss.
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#StopKillingGames #CCC #RightToOwn #ConsumerRights #DigitalOwnership
Kamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
> The Minnesota governor signed one of the country’s most consequential and expansive laws aimed at helping people fix their own stuff.
Nike To Discontinue App For Expensive Shoes Already Bought, Breaking Some Features | Techdirt
