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As we have said before, you own what you buy—and you should be able do what you want with it. That should be the end of the story, whether we’re talking about a car, a tractor, a smartphone, or a computer. If something breaks, you should be able to fix it yourself, or choose who you want to take care of it for you.
The Federal Trade Commission has just opened a 30-day comment period on the right to repair, and it needs to hear from you. If you have a few minutes to share why the right to repair is important to you, or a story about something you own that you haven’t been able to fix the way you want, click here and tell the agency what it needs to hear.
Tell the FTC: Stand up for our Right to Repair
If you’re not sure what to say, there are three topics that matter most for this petition. The FTC should:
- Make repair easy
- Make repair parts available and reasonably priced
- Label products with ease of repairability
If you have a personal story of why right to repair matters to you, let them know!
This is a great moment to ask for the FTC to step up. We have won some huge victories in state legislatures across the country in the past several years, with good right-to-repair bills passing in California, Minnesota, Colorado, and Massachusetts. Apple, long a critic, has This article has been indexed from Deeplinks
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