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Jason SelfRight-to-Repair Wins! <a href="https://jxself.org/right-to-repair-wins.shtml" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jxself.org/right-to-repair-wins.shtml</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SoftwareFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftwareFreedom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a>

everton137After asking for help this morning and getting several answers, I discovered today: - <a href="https://social.weho.st/@Fairphone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Fairphone</a> the name says it all, and they support alternative mobile OS with instructions on their own website. - <a href="https://mastodon.social/@murena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@murena</a> really nice to see folks shipping a phone with /e/OS (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@e_mydata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@e_mydata</a>), a fully "deGoogled" mobile ecosystem. - <a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GrapheneOS</a> really interesting alternative OS for several Google phones. - <a href="https://backmarket.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://backmarket.com</a> useful not only for refurbished phones, but also for other electronic devices.Not to mention the help I've got on specific questions from people I don't know.The Fediverse rocks!<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairphone</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/murena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murena</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GrapheneOS</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/eos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eos</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/backmarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backmarket</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#righttorepair</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobile</a>

everton137Although expensive to what I always paid for a mobile, the Fairphone seems an interesting option, mainly because of the *fair* part. If it is really a fairer phone, it has a cost.Now deciding between the original Fairphone (<a href="https://social.weho.st/@Fairphone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Fairphone</a>), possibly 5, but still considering the 4, or the one with Murena (<a href="https://mastodon.social/@murena" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@murena</a>), €50+ in this case. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairphone</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/murena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#murena</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/mobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobile</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#righttorepair</a>

petersuberUpdate. "Years of hard work have made it possible for us to celebrate the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> movement time and time again. It's a group effort —folks like <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/iFixit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iFixit</a>, who provide repair guides and repairability scores; the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/RepairAssociation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepairAssociation</a>, who’ve helped lead the movement in state legislatures; and of course, people like you who contact local representatives, are the reason this movement has gained so much momentum." <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/right-repair-prime-example-grassroots-advocacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/right-repair-prime-example-grassroots-advocacy</a>

Andrea CallegaroA colleague gave me an old Macbook Pro 9.2, which was too slow even to open Safari or read emails...After upgrading the ram from 4 to 16gb, changing the old HDD for a new SSD, installing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fedora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fedora</a>... I made a Zoom call while I had 20 tabs open on Firefox, with Nextcloud, Thunderbird, Telegram and Emacs open in the background.But the thing that amazed me was the strange sense of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/empowerment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empowerment</a> (?) I felt during the process.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#righttorepair</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/macbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macbook</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a>

Erik L. Midtsveen 🏴🏳️‍🌈Well electric cars, hell, cars in general these days come with proprietary software that totally screws over the buyer's ability to fix their own damn car. It's bullshit, plain and simple.Right to repair isn't just some fancy slogan, it's a fucking right. Period. I'm all in on open source software and the freedom to dig into the code, learn from it, and yeah, fix it if I need to. That's how it should be, not this locked-down crap they're pushing on us.Sadly, this is the world most people are forced into with big tech companies owning and operating most of the software we and many companies use today.I would recommend anyone reading this to give <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> a try if you haven't already used it. It's open-source, customizable, and gives you the freedom to really make your system your own.❤ In short: I love the right to repair my own stuff!<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Repair</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Fix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fix</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/iFixit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iFixit</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/EletricCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EletricCars</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cars</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Swasticars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Swasticars</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a>

FSFEAda & Zangemann - Un cuento sobre Software, Monopatines y Helado de Frambuesa <a href="https://media.fsfe.org/videos/watch/a891acd6-6464-4d13-90f7-e26cce97bcd4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://media.fsfe.org/videos/watch/a891acd6-6464-4d13-90f7-e26cce97bcd4</a>

Electronic Frontier Foundation“Manufacturers will always try to figure out another means of restricting independent repair because it’s a very lucrative market for them,” EFF’s <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@prilkit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@prilkit</a> told <a href="https://flipboard.com/@NBCNews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@NBCNews</a>. Still, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RightToRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightToRepair</a> movement is piling up wins. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/right-repair-movement-growing-wins-stack-rcna195230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/right-repair-movement-growing-wins-stack-rcna195230</a>

Matthew RimmerThe right-to-repair movement is growing as wins stack up <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/right-repair-movement-growing-wins-stack-rcna195230" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/right-repair-movement-growing-wins-stack-rcna195230</a> Laws protecting consumers’ ability to seek out independent repairs for their appliances are spreading across the United States. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#righttorepair</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uslaw</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

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