[GTALUG] Right to Repair Article in NYT

o1bigtenor o1bigtenor at gmail.com
Wed Oct 28 07:25:34 EDT 2020


On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:19 PM Don Tai via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
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> I repair and I hope that you do, too. Repair, resurrect and Reuse. Tech throws out so much after software can't keep up. Linux is one of the tools I use to keep PCs in service but still secure.
>
> I've not heard anything about Right to Repair legislation here in Canuck land.
>
There was, IIRC, a private members bill proposed in Ontario.
It was thoroughly shot down by a combination of Apple and a few other
heavy weights largely using a 'safety' issue (absolute total male
bovine excrement by the way!).

Regards


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