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Lobbyists imply right to repair helps domestic abusers, pushes racism and redlining!

Louis RossmannCited 4× on HN, 2021-2023
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Louis Rossmann reacts to lobbyist ads in the Massachusetts right-to-repair ballot fight that suggest repair access would enable domestic abuse and discrimination, and urges support for the campaign.

HN mentions it mainly as an example of the manufacturer-backed arguments used against right to repair.

Repair, teardowns & right to repairLaw, policing & justice#righttorepair#massachusetts#louisrossmann#lobbying#ballotcampaign

4 comments from Hacker News

@LtWorf2023 · in “Why Browsers Are Essential and How Operating Systems Are Holding Them Back [pdf]”

Are you the guy who made the famous spot against right to repair? You know… if you can repair your phone you will get raped. ▶ this video

CriticalView on HN
@NullPrefix2021 · in “Man who unlocked nearly 2M AT&T phones gets 12 years in prison”

It's the generic "Terrorism and rape will happen if you are allowed to control your own device that you actually paid money for" FUD. And the rape part is not an exaggeration, it was actually used as an argument against the Right to Repair ( ▶ this video ), wouldn't be suprised to hear it in this case too.

CriticalView on HN
@Crosseye_Jack2021 · in “I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key”

Just stating what the arguement will/has been. It was a simpliar aguement to what what was recently stated in auto right to repair ▶ this video - not terrorists but still pretty dam high on the fear factor. I fully agree that its just a single supplychain hack away from remote bricking not just John Deere but also pretty much anything connected. I'm just trying to make the point that the other side are not against using scare tactics already, do we really want to push them to even greater scare tactics? EDIT: Remember, its not the geeks you have to win over, its the general public and / or lawmakers (who stereotypically have not always what I would call "geeks") that have to be won over. Thankfully in that Massachusetts case the bill allowing mechanics to access the data passed, I personally don't think an escalation of the tactics from our side would end well for us.

CriticalView on HN
@bogwog2021 · in “One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks”

Strange how it's still the top comment in this thread, even though it's a personal attack that has nothing to do with the actual topic, or make any attempt to discuss his arguments. Seems like the type of tactic you'd see from those lobbyist groups that pay money to release commercials claiming right to repair will lead to rape: ▶ this video

CriticalView on HN
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