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Friday Repair Chat: Name Something You Own That’s Really Well Made Happy Friday, everyone! We talk a lot about the need for change in the way things are made. But, as I noted here, one of the things that’s valua…

May 20

For the last decade, a Massachusetts law governing autos has been a de-facto national mandate and the U.S.’ only right to repair law. A lawsuit, new technology and a conservative SCOTUS could end it.

May 19

Friday Repair Chat: Where Do You Learn To Repair? One of the things that drives me a bit nuts in the (ongoing) debate over right to repair laws is what might be called the “solipsism” of anti-re…

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Let’s Celebrate Manufacturers That Support Repair This Tweet from @lupe_technology reminds me that, while many companies are churning out disposable junk that clogs landfills and shortchanges co…

May 17

Hospitals, repairers call out effort to undermine medical right to repair. Caterpillar is turning old engines into new profits. And: is Apple’s self…

May 16

Kyle Wiens of iFixit comes on the What the Fix Podcast to talk about how Apple’s efforts to quash owner repair led him to launch his company and…

May 15

Winning a Right to Repair: An Interview with Kyle Wiens of iFixit Watch now (33 min) | In Episode #2 of our What The Fix Podcast, we invited Kyle Wiens of iFixit into the studio to talk about the origins of the modern…

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May 12

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) save lives and prevent accidents. If carmakers like Ford and Volvo get their way, they may also clear the way…

May 8

Repair advocates underwhelmed with Apple self repair program. Also: Colorado is poised to pass bill granting a right to repair wheelchairs.

May 2

News out of Ukraine about remotely disabled farm equipment is bad for Russia (and that’s good). It is also underscoring how agricultural OEMs like Deere…

May 2

For our first episode we welcome Aaron Perzanowski, author of The Right to Repair: Reclaiming the Things We Own.

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May 2

EP 1 | Winning the War on Repair with Aaron Perzanowski Listen now (36 min) | Our first episode! Paul and Jack speak with Aaron Perzanowski, author of the new book The Right to Repair and a professor of law…

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Fight to Repair

Weekly dispatches from the front lines of the global fight for the right to repair. Written and curated by Paul Roberts, the founder of SecuRepairs.org and The Security Ledger.

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