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mvarioJohn Deere Must Face FTC Lawsuit Over Its Tractor Repair Monopoly, Judge Rules<a href="https://www.404media.co/john-deere-must-face-ftc-lawsuit-over-its-tractor-repair-monopoly-judge-rules/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/john-deere-must-face-ftc-lawsuit-over-its-tractor-repair-monopoly-judge-rules/</a><a href="http://archive.today/9Ozmo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://archive.today/9Ozmo</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToOwn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnDeereFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JohnDeereFraud</a>

David<a href="https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dangillmor</a> If anyone with a <a href="https://lemmy.world/c/garmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@garmin</a> watch is pissed off about <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Garmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Garmin</a> retroactively revoking owners' <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToOwn</a> in favour of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#enshittification</a>, or if anyone else is in the market for a new smart watch, ask the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/UNAWatch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UNAWatch</a> company and its personnel what technical and legal means they will use to guarantee they can never follow Google <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fitbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fitbit</a> and Garmin into the same anti-consensual ¹ business model. A technical guarantee is a hardware-based means to flash the firmware which the firmware itself cannot prevent using, paired with complete published open-access documentation of the hardware for independent developers. A legal guarantee means a permanent and irrevocable commitment to a full refund if the company ever engages in coercive tied selling, as by making use of any watch feature dependent on an online service the feature can function without, on a paid or non-<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#E2EE</a> online service (save only if the owner opts into sharing data, and then making that data available to those with whom the owner elects to share), or an an online service the owner cannot replace, at the owner's sole discretion, with self-hosting or a competing service of their choice. ¹ The standard word "non-consensual" means the person didn't voluntarily say "yes"; I use "anti-consensual" here to mean the person said "no"—or the perpetrator knew beforehand the person would say "no" if given a chance—and the perpetrator did it anyway. It's bad enough not to ask; companies enshittifying already-purchased goods are instead acting in knowing and direct defiance of owners' refusal. The business model Garmin is adopting, following Fitbit, is actively contemptuous of consent ². ² Burying supposed "consent" in a EULA doesn't ethically count: if the owner cannot effectively refuse the change, or if continued full use of the original functionality—or anything else for which consent isn't strictly necessary (in the GDPR sense)—is conditioned on supposed "consent," then it isn't freely given, and so isn't valid consent.

David<a href="https://mastodon.social/@jack_daniel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jack_daniel</a> If I had the money and the connections, I’d love to make a business out of stripping out and replacing computerized automotive electronics with open hardware replacements. Realistically, I think home appliances are probably an easier start, given what resources exist in my area, but perhaps elsewhere someone who already does EV conversions can retrofit <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToOwn</a> electronics replacements as part of the process. Given the Trump regime will keep driving up prices of every passenger vehicle but the swasticar until the populace compels Congress to take back the tariff power, the retrofit market is likely to grow, as Right to Own and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> are intrinsically linked.

mvarioKamala Picking Governor Walz for VP Is a Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement<a href="https://gizmodo.com/kamala-picking-governor-walz-for-vp-is-a-win-for-the-right-to-repair-movement-2000483709" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gizmodo.com/kamala-picking-governor-walz-for-vp-is-a-win-for-the-right-to-repair-movement-2000483709</a>> The Minnesota governor signed one of the country’s most consequential and expansive laws aimed at helping people fix their own stuff.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToOwn</a>

mvarioNike To Discontinue App For Expensive Shoes Already Bought, Breaking Some Features | Techdirt<a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/11/nike-to-discontinue-app-for-expensive-shoes-already-bought-breaking-some-features/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.techdirt.com/2024/07/11/nike-to-discontinue-app-for-expensive-shoes-already-bought-breaking-some-features/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RightToOwn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a>

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