[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #693: The fight over 'right to repair' ramps up

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OPLIN 4Cast #693: The fight over 'right to repair' ramps up
November 4th, 2020

[image: Hand repairing a car part] My teenaged son loves to tinker with
things, and has been amazing at repairing just about anything--appliances,
drones, computers--since he was small. He is currently the only kid in his
high school who allowed to help the district fix school-issued Chromebooks
and and also works on repairing their 3D printers. It's an amazing talent,
inherited from my own father, now a retired electrical engineer, who
scorned manuals for his entire life and is still fixing cars into his
eighties. Either of them can likely repair just about anything, given the
tools and the opportunity.

It's that last bit that's become the kicker--not everything is even allowed
to *be *repaired. The "right to repair" movement has been around for a
while, but it's gaining steam as more people want to be able to fix things
they own.

   -
   - As Cars Get Smarter, Massachusetts Voters May Shape Their Future
   <https://www.wired.com/story/right-to-repair-massachusetts-question-1-election-2020/>
   [Wired] "At the core of the issue is the not-insignificant question of what
   expanded access to wireless car data might look like and how secure that
   is. It’s not just a question of who can repair a car and access the data,
   but who owns the data in the first place. "
   - Apple blocks Right to Repair by making it impossible to replace the
   iPhone 12 camera module
   <https://mspoweruser.com/apple-right-to-repair-iphone-12-camera/> [MS
   Power User] "Apple has advanced their anti-Right to Repair crusade even
   further with the iPhone 12, according to Hugh Jeffreys, who discovered
   Apple has added the camera module to the list of items which are
   non-replaceable by 3rd party technicians.  This list already includes the
   FaceID module (on security grounds) and battery (on safety grounds)."
   - Fix, or Toss? The ‘Right to Repair’ Movement Gains Ground
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/climate/right-to-repair.html> [NY
   Times] "The goal of right-to-repair rules, advocates say, is to require
   companies to make their parts, tools and information available to consumers
   and repair shops in order to keep devices from ending up in the scrap heap.
   They argue that the rules restrict people’s use of devices that they own
   and encourage a throwaway culture by making repairs too difficult."
   - Here's Why You Should Care About 'Right To Repair'
   <https://www.autoweek.com/news/industry-news/a34394907/heres-why-you-should-care-about-right-to-repair/>[Autoweek]
   "Like with autos, if you don’t have a computer to plug into the tractor to
   diagnose what’s going on, you’re stuck in a field waiting for a technician
   to come out from the dealer."

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - EU Introduces Right to Repair Rule, Waste Reduction Targets
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=142224236&site=ehost-live>(Waste
   Staff. (2020). EU Introduces Right to Repair Rule, Waste Reduction Targets.
   *Waste360*, N.PAG.)
   - REPAIRABLE ELECTRONICS.
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=cph&AN=142678099&site=ehost-live>
   (Woodruff, J. (2020). Repairable Electronics. *Fast Company*, *239*, 60.)
   - Farm Bureau members ratchet up 'right-to-repair' pressure
   <https://search-ebscohost-com.proxy.oplin.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=2W62801013203&site=ehost-live>(Belz,
   A. (2020, February 5). Farm Bureau members ratchet up “right-to-repair”
   pressure. *Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)*.)

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