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Woohoo. CO got "documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, [and] tools" for multiple product categories.

More R2R rights are needed:

1. Either the UL or EPA needs to grade devices for repairability and TCO

2. a. Repair parts and b. phone-home cloud features should be disclosed how long they will remain on the market

3. a. When parts are no longer available (NLA), it should be legal to produce compatible replacements including circumventing DRM, b. when cloud features are no longer available officially, API endpoint(s) shall be modifiable to point to other servers

4. Schematics should be made available for electronic products from businesses with 500+ employees

5. It should be illegal to brick parts and devices based on their age, the current time, or by model, or for installing third-party parts



> CO got "documentation, parts, embedded software, firmware, [and] tools" for multiple product categories.

I remember when Tesla was first forced to comply with MA's R2R laws. It was like something out of Hitchhiker's Guide...

There WAS a website where you could order parts, in theory. Except every single part on the site was either "Unavailable" or "Call Tesla", even down the simplest commodity bolts...

There WAS somewhere you could go to look at the documentation / service manuals. You did have to make an appointment, though, and you did have to pay a fee, and there was a time limit, and you couldn't bring any electronic devices with you, only a legal pad and pencil...


> needs to grade devices for repairability and TCO

Wouldn't that be more of a Consumer Reports thing?


Consumer Reports is a media company assigning gold stars to products their writers like. The EPA (or FCC, or ____) is a 3-letter with a nominal ability to enforce certain standards among devices presenting their mark. The purported accountability of a EPA/FCC/UL/whatever mark is key here.


You are aware that Underwriters Laboratories is also not part of the government, yes?


I'm aware. They also don't make their money by publishing magazines.


UL 110, Standard for Sustainability for Mobile Phones, has some repair criteria.




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