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The FTC is investigating PC manufacturers who scare you away from your right to repair (www.theverge.com)
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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

The funny part is that rather than respecting this, they chose to cryptographically pair the parts, so they stop working if you replace them...