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		not_a_cop75 on July 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You’re Paying into a Broken System Whenever You Bu... You could label the same of almost any toolset. Look at rechargable tools in construction. Look at the IP protection around John Deere equipment. While none of this is especially good, it's hardly a unique problem.

michaelbrave on July 30, 2019 [–]

I would like those examples fixed as well. There needs to be stronger rights to repair, and with that allowing for right to run software on devices. With an increasingly digital world it is becoming more and more equivalent with free speech.

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