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

[James Knott]

I guess they also have to protect experienced repair techs from hurting
themselves.  =-O

On 05/03/2019 03:19 PM, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:
> Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying
> that consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs.
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> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/9kxayy/right-to-repair-bill-killed-after-big-tech-lobbying-in-ontario?fbclid=IwAR1z8KUIq-CH1y9J_-kRqkyhd9c66EXlVsHrObCPazQDvShN9n29X6eDzvo 
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> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 11:36 AM Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org
> <mailto: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.
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>     On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 11:31, mwilson--- via talk <talk at gtalug.org
>     <mailto:talk at gtalug.org>> wrote:
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>         > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 9:59 AM Don Tai via talk
>         <talk at gtalug.org <mailto: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.
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>         or sheet metal screws, if you find there's room on the inside.
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