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by minikites 1813 days ago
>I’d rather someone creates a private civil society organization whose gives a stamp of approval for products that meet the repair standard.

Many industries only have a handful of firms, it wouldn't be difficult for them to collude and entirely ignore a private civil society organization. Government has the power of enforcement, which is a necessary component of this goal.
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disruptthelaw 1813 days ago
Why does it have to be imposed and enforced. If you think about it, this law reduces profit for firms which will get pushed back to consumers in the form of price. Why not let those consumers who want to pay that “tax” have the choice. And I don’t see how collusion comes into it, the rating organization I propose loses credibility unless it’s considered objective so it’s incentives to work for consumers.

Enforcing this rule is like forcing all meat manufacturers to be Kosher. As it stands those who want to eat kosher can opt to pay the extra “kosher tax” which goes to the beth din, a private organization that confirms products are kosher. Why should non Jews pays that tax. If someone would rather pay less for a product that he can’t fix, why deny him that choice.

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rdedev 1813 days ago
Another benifit of right to repair is increasing the lifespan of electronic devices by making sure that people can buy the necessary parts and blueprints to fix their device. While something like this is much better to reduce our e waste, it's not of any benifit to the customer or company in the short term. This is why I think any mom regulatory solutions will not work
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minikites 1813 days ago
>Why does it have to be imposed and enforced.

Because it won't happen otherwise. The evidence is easily seen in the current state of these markets. If a company wanted to do this voluntarily, they already would have.

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disruptthelaw 1813 days ago
Yeah because such a company would make less profit because people wouldn’t have to replace their products as often. But having a private industry body ensures that company that does opt to make their product repairable get duly accredited. Then if you want to buy this more expensive device then you have the choice. If not enough people are willing to pay the premium then maybe this solution isn’t as urgent as we think and isn’t work the regulatory overhead and increased product cost
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cryptgno 1812 days ago
The major companies steering the market likely just won’t participate, leading to no meaningful change whatsoever.
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