I don't think that is the point. The point is that third-party repair shops be allowed to do their jobs without getting sued by places like Apple.
> -----Original Message----- > From: talk <talk-boun...@gtalug.org> On Behalf Of Alvin Starr via talk > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 1:11 PM > To: talk@gtalug.org > Cc: Alvin Starr <al...@netvel.net> > Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair" > > A while back I took my ASUS phone to ASUS to see about repair. > > Repairing the phone was going to cost me about 2/3 the cost of a new ASUS > phone. > > Not like the repair of a 20,000 car where the repair cost runs from a few > hundred to a few thousand. > > I think the right of repair is a good idea but I am not sure now many highly > integrated products are amenable to cost effective repair. > > On 3/5/19 12:23 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 07:16:52PM -0500, Don Tai via talk wrote: > >> who repairs anything these days? I don't know anyone else, besides > >> myself that is curious enough to even open the case. Or use a > >> multimeter. Or sewing machine. Repair is a fringe, hippie thing now. > > Is that because no one wants to or because no one can anymore? > > > -- > Alvin Starr || land: (905)513-7688 > Netvel Inc. || Cell: (416)806-0133 > al...@netvel.net || > > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk