Asking for DUers opinion on "Right to Repair" Do you think it is an important issue?

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16. Right to

repair isn't really about cheap garbage not being worth the time and effort to repair. It revolves more around DRM type stuff and locks that don't allow people to fix their own stuff. The way the laws are setup, it's actually illegal to bypass a manufacturers software locks or security for any reason on a device you purchased and own.
People demanded f$#%^@!# computer screens and soft touch garbage in their cars and appliances, they fell for it. This is the method that manufacturers are using to keep extracting money from consumers, either in repairs or a subscription service to enable your cruise control and power seats. It's the same thing as 75 dollar ink cartridges for a 50 dollar printer. I've even seen RFID locked water filters on refrigerators now. And if you are smart enough and manage to access the software to disable such things, or break into your cars computer in order to fix something or modify it, you can literally be guilty of a crime as well as be liable for civil penalties for doing that to something you purchased.
That is what this fight is really about.
Consumers need to start rejecting these products and refuse to buy them. It's the same with cloud based software subscriptions. The goal is that you will own nothing and like it.