if a sophisticated medical device experiences the same type of error because a hospital chose unregulated repair options, it can be a matter of life or death.
This seems like an obvious concern, I’m not sure why the armchair philosopher is shitting their armchair over this.
That’s not a valid concern, and even if it was, blocking right to repair laws does nothing to prevent it.
Right, so legislate that critical equipment is required to use certified repairs. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezie. We don’t require airplanes to be thrown away and repurchased every time maintenance is due, we require the maintenance to be certified.
If you think air travel sucks now, Imagine airlines having to bring their plane to Boeing every time it needs new brakes on the landing gear, or having it rot on the tarmac in Kuala Lumpur waiting for the AirBus repair team to come replace a wiper blade
Fortunately, planes are designed to be serviced, and the manufactures make replacement parts available. Going further, the manufacturer even publishes instructions on how to service the plane as well as tests you can do so you can make sure the plane is operating within specifications.
I don’t see why a med tech company couldn’t do the same so a hospital can fix its own hospital bed
He addressed that at 2:30 and 4:35. The lobbyist is purposefully misrepresenting the reality of third party repair services in the medical field. Restricting repair access puts more people’s lives at risk.
you’re right there’s absolutely no wiggle room between “anybody can service anything in any context at any time for any reason whenever they feel like it” and “i want to be able to repair my consumer-grade low-power electronics”
No wiggle room whatsoever. Under any circumstances.
Whenever I’m short on cash, I show up unannounced at my local hospital with a roll of duct tape, some pliers, or whatever other tools I have lying around. (Between you and me, I’m usually drunk, too.)
I “fix” anything that looks broken. They are legally obligated to pay me for my services. I made about $27,000 last year. I could have made more if it wasn’t for all that community service taking up my time. Fuck you, Judge Anderson!
I’ve only seen two or three videos from this guy, but I like him. He’s thoughtful and tackles complex issues intelligently, but keeps things accessible.
I also appreciate him introducing me to the phrase “Black Lives Marketing”. It’s great to have a phrase for insincere empathy and inclusion done solely for profit.
He’s been championing right to repair from the start. Apple hates him because he repairs their shit for people at a fraction of the cost and goes into detail on WHY their repair markup is ridiculous. Like they’d charge $300 for what he fixed with a $5 part and 30 minutes of labor
Money brings the stupidest statements out of people
Are you fucking kidding me. I don’t even want to think about what mental gymnastics it took to come to that conclusion.
Corporate lobbyists sure love bringing up racist concern trolling don’t they?
The other day, there was a thread about an effort to ban flavored tobacco, including Menthol.
Some dipshit said this would harm black people the most, because black people just love lung cancer.
That dipshit was so close to getting it, yet so far.
Menthol cigarette advertising was/is targeted heavily to black people. It’s possible that banning menthol will give people the nudge they need to quit, so it could end up helping black people more than average.
I still haven’t figured out how the FDA decided that flavored nicotine in vapes was, in any way, a valid marketing concept. I get allowing it for cessation and limiting it to unflavored, but to intentionally put it in a product as a feature? (yes, I’m aware companies put caffeine in products, and I do drink those products - as an addictive substance, I’m okay with prohibiting it).
Sounds about right. My state passed some fairly extensive gun reform laws, and someone tried to tell me that smaller magazine sizes would impact black people most “because the wealthy white people will buy all the large clips”
