[GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair"

[Ansar Mohammed]

Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying that
consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs.

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-killed-after-big-tech-lobbying-in-ontario?fbclid=IwAR1z8KUIq-CH1y9J_-kRqkyhd9c66EXlVsHrObCPazQDvShN9n29X6eDzvo



On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:

> I drilled out the rivets. Non-replaceable fuse was good, but the on-off
> timer switch was flakey, and probably not replaceable. I just scrapped a
> $250 convection oven due to an on-off switch. I am sad.
>
> On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:31, mwilson--- via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
>> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 9:59 AM Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> A seemingly brand new small convection oven, Delonghi EO1270, made in
>> >> China, came my way. Pristine clean and obviously unused, but did not
>> [ ... ]
>> > I would suggest that pop rivets are quite cheap and I'd doubt you
>> > actually 'need' six to hold a tiny little board.
>>
>> or sheet metal screws, if you find there's room on the inside.
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