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I'm sure we on hacker news are more familiar with the tech side of right to repair, but farming is also a huge problem.

JD walked so that Apple could run



Absolutely; Apple is the well-known offender but the issue extends to medical equipment, white goods, televisions and probably a whole lot more. This really is about preventing monopolies and I've seen basically no tenable argument against strengthening right to repair laws.


> white goods

    White fabrics, usually of cotton or linen.Household merchandise, as bed sheets and curtains, formerly made from white fabrics, but now often colored.Large household appliances, as ovens and refrigerators, formerly finished with white enamel, but now often colored.

     - American Heritage Dictionary


Ah sorry, didn't know that phrase was ambiguous. In the UK it often refers to large household appliances such as fridges, washing machines etc...


No worries. I had no clue what those were, so I looked it up. I figured others might have a similar knowledge gap, so I left a comment.




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