Samsung Requires Independent Repair Shops to Share Customer Data, Snitch on People Who Use Aftermarket Parts and Disassemble their Devices ( www.404media.co )
A leaked "independent" repair shop contract shows that Samsung requires them to give Samsung the name, contact information, phone identifier, and customer complaint details of everyone who gets their phone repaired at these shops,...
Restoring Beauty: Repairing Damaged Property ( startrek.website )
At Dwyer Restoration, we not only restore damaged properties but also provide preventive services to help avoid future disasters....
[Louis Rossmann] Google supports right to repair? Think again. ( odysee.com )
tl:dw from helenslunch@feddit.nl...
Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video] – 37c3 presentation ( streaming.media.ccc.de )
They had a talk space yesterday night at Chaos Communication Congress. These three guys are modern heroes....
Arduino chrono-thermostat ( lemmy.ml )
Crossposted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/9698836...
‘Smoking Gun’ Email That Killed Repairing McDonald's Ice Cream Machines ( www.wired.com )
Tldr from lawrence@lemmy.world...
Motion to Dismiss Rejected in Lawsuit Against John Deere ( www.techdirt.com )
In a forceful, 89-page memorandum, U.S. District Court Judge Iain Johnson wrote that the founder of John Deere “was an innovative farmer and blacksmith who—with his own hands—fundamentally changed the agricultural industry.” Deere the man “would be deeply disappointed in his namesake corporation” if the plaintiffs...
Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Car Right to Repair Law in Maine ( www.404media.co )
Full text of the ballot initiative: https://ballotpedia.s3.amazonaws.com/images/2/21/Right_to_Repair_Leg_FINAL.pdf
We beat Apple at their own game - let the unauthorized calibrations BEGIN! ( yewtu.be )
McDonald's Ice Cream Machines, Break Often, Intentionally A Pain to Diagnose, and Impossible to Fix ( www.ifixit.com )
iFixit tears down a Taylor ice cream machine and finds that it overheats often, takes hours to restart, and these issues are impossible to fix because of locked down software and terrible error messages. No wonder, since Taylor makes 25% of its money charging $315 per 15 minutes for their exclusive repairs....
John Deere caught sabotaging competitors & customers LIVE on recording - and they're PROUD of it! by Louis Rossmann ( youtu.be )
Quote from the John Deere representative:...
EU Just Changed Smartphones Forever ( iv.melmac.space )
Replaceable batteries may came back.
I Fix It has really great repair guides ( www.ifixit.com )
Fix tons of things from macbooks to trucks to cameras. I think they have something like a hundred thousand guides....