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This Group Pays Bounties to Repair Broken Devices—Even If the Fix Breaks the Law (www.wired.com)
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[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (7 children)

I feel some kind of innate shit in me in my humanness that says fixing a thing I own cannot be illegal. Period full stop no questions or exceptions.

Somehow, I'll fight whatever in court, because I'm fine with what I'm doing

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I think, legally forbidden fixing could make sense for things that people's life depends on, like health devices, or amusement park installations, or aviation. On the other hand, I don't know if that is applied reasonably in reality (likely not)

Edit: I mean, even in that case the repairs are allowed, but only for a qualified party

[–] Poach@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are you including cars?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 5 days ago

Only if it's a special transport, i.e. an ambulance, a fire truck, or such

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