*googles ‘how to nominate reporter for Peabody Award’* x
oh btw: if you live in Massachusetts, Right to Repair is on the ballot, which forces companies which lock you out of your own machine via apps, effectively forcing you to rely on them for support, to surrender the mechanical data, allowing you to repair your own machinery! Vote yes on right to repair!
specifically this ballot measure is about the technology in your car. basically auto manufacturers want to have their own proprietary data technology in their cars so buyers are forced to go back to dealerships in order to get diagnostics and repairs done.
voting yes on the ballot measure means auto manufacturers have to use an open data platform that will allow buyers to bring their cars to whatever mechanic they want to get things fixed.
Concept - Your smartphone breaks. You can take it to any appropriately skilled person to have it fixed. It has been designed for easy disassembly and repair. The parts are available and standardized. You are not forced to buy a new one or spend extreme prices for a replacement part. Planned obsolescence doesn’t exist and things are designed to last a long time - to be upgradable and customizable without needing to invest in an entirely new unit every year.
mods are asleep post mid-2000s computers
chumby
mods are asleep post mid-2000s
portable
computers
mods please wake up