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Microsoft just became the first big company to commit to right to repair

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    Kent Sharkey
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    Gizmodo[^]:

    Capitulating to mounting pressure from shareholders, Microsoft has agreed to make it easier for customers to independently repair of its devices—a major and thus far unprecedented win for the Right-to-Repair Movement.

    If you break it, you can fix it.

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      Gizmodo[^]:

      Capitulating to mounting pressure from shareholders, Microsoft has agreed to make it easier for customers to independently repair of its devices—a major and thus far unprecedented win for the Right-to-Repair Movement.

      If you break it, you can fix it.

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      Tasadit
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      Isn't that just the next step after making customers do beta testing? Now we've got to fix the bugs ourselves.

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        Isn't that just the next step after making customers do beta testing? Now we've got to fix the bugs ourselves.

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        den2k88
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        Wait, wasn't that the Open Source community? There you have to design and implement your functionalities too!

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          Gizmodo[^]:

          Capitulating to mounting pressure from shareholders, Microsoft has agreed to make it easier for customers to independently repair of its devices—a major and thus far unprecedented win for the Right-to-Repair Movement.

          If you break it, you can fix it.

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          BillWoodruff
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          They're going to need more servers to automatically send out "Your warranty has been voided" notices :wtf:

          «The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

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