There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repair person. But those days are long gone.

Too many products are easier to throw away than fix—consumers deserve a ‘right to repair’::There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, with each breakdown fixed by the friendly local repair person. But those days are long gone.

    • Yaztromo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      28·
      1 year ago

      No reason why this couldn’t be part of the “right to repair” — just have legislation that requires manufacturers to provide the source code (and adjacent deployment code) when a product goes out of support. You should have just as much right to fix code as physical hardware IMO.

    • Sirsnuffles@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      1 year ago

      Software shouldn’t be locked.

      The manufacturer should stand by their products.

      Products don’t need constant updates.

      There is a point to repair.

        • Sirsnuffles@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19·
          1 year ago

          I’d argue security updates are not needed too.

          It depends on what the device is used for.

          Most security concerns nowadays are from users giving easy access to nefarious people. Usually easy passwords that can be collected from social media.

          I’d also argue that corps like Microsoft, Google, Apple etc, can have far more nefarious intentions than some random hacker. Even if it’s just data leaks. There is safety in a crowd. But when corps control the crowd… That’s more of a reason to raise security concerns.

          • xts@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            1 year ago

            I’d argue security updates are not needed too.

            lol tell that to the people still running Windows XP/7 with an internet connection, it’s definitely false for them too