Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and…

Countless companies and industries enjoy making up scary stories when it comes to justifying their opposition to making it easier to repair your own tech. Apple claims that empowering consumers and bolstering independent repair shops will turn states into “hacker meccas.” The car industry insists that making it easier and cheaper to repair modern cars will be a boon to sexual predators.

    • money_loo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      lol you guys are hilarious.

      I’m pro right to repair, but wtf does that have to do with the fact that website is indeed extremely biased towards the right. It’s no different than any other lobby group. They are going to cherry pick to make their side look better.

      I don’t think I ever before this comment stated which side I was on, but I don’t blame y’all for getting emotional over something so important.

      • HonytawkEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        Well, you claiming the “the right to repair people go way out of their way to stretch the truth for sensationalism and clicks” certainly painted a picture of you.

        But since you are one of those “right to repair people”, your comments are also made by “stretching the truth for sensationalism and clicks”?

        • money_loo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I only ever claimed that about the website my dude, and I stand by that. It’s run by some sort of industry group the Copia institute, and they specifically lobby for smaller technology companies. This is literally what they do, they are by the very nature of the thing biased towards the right to repair and lots of other tech friendly laws. I reiterate, I’m all for that, but again, why does that mean I need to instantly throw away logic and reasoning to be blind to their biases?

          This is what they literally are. They try to scare small businesses into giving them money for services.

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